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TIL caterpillars completely turn to liquid when in a cocoon but as a moth/butterfly can still remember their life as a caterpillar

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p8gxQ TIL about "Operation Moolah", which offered large cash rewards to North Korean pilots who defected with an intact MiG-15 jet fighter. However, the only defector who ever met the conditions, No Kum-sok, was unaware of the offer. He was still paid $100,000 ($967,289 in today's money).
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