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TIL that the Portuguese Air Force is referred to locally as F.A.P

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WkN5d TIL about Zofia Rydet, a Polish photographer who, at age 67, decided to try to shoot the interior of every home in Poland. Over the final 19 years of her life, she shot 20,000 images. She said, "The simplest, most ordinary documentary picture becomes a great truth about human fate."
kJ957 TIL A 2007 peer-reviewed study, found only 28% of Americans are scientifically literate, and that 70% didn't even have the scientific knowledge to understand the science section of the New York Times
oxBR TIL that in 1917 Alexander Graham Bell predicted that “the unchecked burning of fossil fuels would have a sort of greenhouse effect” on the planet, and argued for the use of alternative energy sources such as solar energy.
Kn54 TIL that R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps, never included things like divorce, drug use, and abuse because he didn’t “really want to terrify kids.” He wanted his stories to be strictly fantasy and kids to know that it couldn’t really happen.
4pOR TIL A man escaped prison using a cardboard box aka Solid Snake syle