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TIL Nikola Tesla described a method where “an impenetrable wall of force can be erected around the United States”. This coming from a new FBI records release (part 3 of 3 page 62).

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d8opB TIL A fault with the automation system on Australian Qantas Flight 72 (2008) caused the jet to violently pitch down so steeply, several passengers were thrown up from their seats and their heads smashed through ceiling panels. Some sustained long term permanent head, back, bone, and joint injuries.
VB0J0 TIL that the Michael Myers mask used in Halloween (1978) was originally a Star Trek Capt. Kirk mask. The film had a limited budget, so the production crew bought the cheapest mask they could find at a Halloween store.
p8G54 TIL: An Indian will spend one-fifth of their life's earning on a wedding ceremony
7r9r TIL that the Playboy rabbit head is hidden on almost every cover since the 1960’s
V5oD TIL that after being shown films showing the atrocities of the Holocaust, some German POW’s in the US volunteered to fight for America against Japan during WWII.