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D1KMP TIL about CONPLAN 3551-09, a us military plan to combat a pandemic level outbreak of Influenza.
ZW5p TIL that if batteries had advanced at the same pace as computer processors, a double a cell would contain more energy than a tactical nuke!
oKoR TIL Darth Vader does NOT say “Luke, I am your father.”, but instead says “No. I am your father.”
NPlE TIL that the phrase “the whole nine yards” comes from WWII air force pilots, nine yard being the most common length for ammunition belts to be.
nerP7 TIL Wyoming was the first state to grant women suffrage, because Republicans were in favor of former slaves’ rights to vote, and Democrats hoped that if they allowed women the right to vote, they would stay faithful to the party that granted them that right.