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TIL Earth has had several temporary moons

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vOQx TIL that in 1961 at Jackass Flats, Nevada, the United States successfully tested a nuclear aircraft engine that would hug the terrain at mach 3. During its flight to the target, the proposed unmanned bomber would have deafened, flattened, and irradiated our allies. The project was cancelled in 1964.
wLmeW TIL during the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet military warned all soldiers that if they surrendered their families would be shot. Later, one of the soldiers who ended up surrendering was Stalin's own son, Yakov Dzhugashvili.
XWRQ TIL that the Chinese company Netdragon Websoft built their corporate headquarters in the shape of the Starship Enterprise. The owner licensed the design legally from CBS.
ep0Pn TIL no law, written rule, or regulation specifies who may lie in state; use of the Rotunda is controlled by concurrent action of the House and Senate. Any person who has rendered distinguished service to the nation may lie in state if the family so wishes and Congress approves.
91Am TIL That the CIA secretly tested LSD on American citizens because they believed the communists were using it as a method of mind control, and didn’t want to fall behind in developing the technology.