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TIL That A Chicken Gun is a Cannon designed to fire dead chickens at aircraft to test their resilience against bird strikes

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NwdN TIL Harry S. Truman created the"Truman Committee" in 1941 to investigate war profiteers and abuse of taxpayer’s money during WWII. Until he assumed office in 1945, Truman had no idea that the money was funding a secret weapon - The Manhattan Project.
4Xp8b TIL that on New Years Eve, Paramedics in New Orleans, LA are required to wear Kevlar infused combat helmets for the 15 minutes before and after midnight because of the frequency of falling bullets.
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