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TIL at the height of the Cold War the titanium used in building the legendary SR-71 Blackbird was sourced by the CIA (via dummy companies) from the completely oblivious Soviet Union.

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ZDoD TIL that a Freedom of Information request by Uk’s The Sunday Times newspaper in 2012 revealed that Blair’s government considered knighting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.
MeRVK TIL that millennials in the ages of 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents instead of a spouse/partner - the first time this has occurred since record-keeping began in the 1880s
ZpvKG TIL that jesters were tasked with delivering unfavorable news to kings that others were reluctant to share. in 1340 following the destruction of the French fleet by the English the French King's jester informed him that the English sailors lacked the courage to jump into the water like the French.
ayML TIL Despite of being an ordained minister in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Fred Rogers never talked about religion on television or on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
jJjN TIL that Martin Luther, who started the Protestant Reformation issued a “final warning” against the Jews shortly prior to his death, “If they could kill us all, they would gladly do it.”