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TIL: Older generation spy satellites predated any form of digital imaging by decades. They literally exposed film and dropped it back to earth in small re-entry pods.

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a8EoJ TIL that in the UK, up until 1950, several universities were represented in the House of Commons. They were each allowed to elect 1 or 2 MPs from their own university.
ZpxlR TIL about Anna Ekelöf, she was a serial imposter. Posing as mamsell, noblewoman, officer and crown prince of sweden
D11Ye TIL there is no butter (or dairy) in apple butter
6eMY TIL that in 1978, the engineer of Citicorp Center, one of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC, discovered a fatal flaw in the building’s structure. A massive, secretive plan, was set in motion to correct the flaw before the building toppled over and killed thousands.
NxXM TIL of Oskar Dirlewanger, commander of the “Dirlewanger” unit, the most infamous SS unit in the German military during WWII. A child molester, violent alcoholic, and sadist, the war crimes committed under Dirlewanger’s command remain unparalleled in their monstrosity.