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TIL humans struggle to understand true randomness

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BDVk TIL That the Soviet Union unknowingly sold Titanium to CIA dummy companies that was used in the creation of the A-12 Cygnus (Predecessor to the SR71 Black Bird) that was being built to spy on the Soviet Union
GYraN TIL: Singer/songwriter Christopher Cross once filled in on guitar for Ritchie Blackmore at a Deep Purple concert when Ritchie fell ill from a flu shot.
4kRZa TIL Ahmed Gabr set the deepest scuba dive of all time in 2014, reaching a depth of 1,090 feet. He spent almost a decade preparing for the dive, which took only 15 minutes to descend but over 13 hours to ascend back to the surface.
D1VBg TIL about 'Fast Eddie' Maher, a security driver who stole £1.2m and fled to America
PjAL TIL that in 1965 a dolphin and his trainer entered into a sexual relationship, which after being forcibly ended caused the dolphin to commit suicide.