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TIL that during the Cold War, the CIA could identify KGB cars in the Soviet Union because they used windscreen wipers compared to the rest of the public who didn’t. The KGB continued to use windscreen wipers to maintain a visual on their targets. Especially during bad weather. Link P219

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N7eLE TIL the second officer of the Titanic, who survived by swimming from the sinking ship to a capsized raft, later in life sailed his civilian craft to Dunkirk and helped evacuate over 130 men.
wL6Qo TIL Rickets is called "The English Disease" in some languages, after the thick smog during the industrial revolution in England gave up to 80% of children a vitamin-D deficiency
XXk TIL the only reason Nirvana smashed their instruments was so they wouldn’t have to play an encore
GYMdN TIL James Cagney in the 1932 film 'Taxi' is famous not only for Cagney's dancing, it's also the first film where he refused to be shot at with live ammo. This was very common at the time, due to it being much cheaper to use than blanks.
AROg TIL that there is a snail that is a snail whose poison is so complex that there is no anti venom for it. It also preys on fish and swallows them whole like a snake, also it has a biological harpoon.