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TIL of Canadian Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon, who in 1960 prevented nuclear war when NORAID misidentified the rising moon as 1000 Soviet Nuclear missiles, by asking where Khrushchev was

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n9oG TIL that ‘eyes wide shut’ holds the record for the longest continuous shoot at 400 days.
RRV7 TIL There’s a company that makes replacement parts to modify Nerf guns.
ZONY TIL Operation Popeye was a US military program attempting to extend the monsoon season through weather modification during the Vietnam War.
0wA0M TIL the Adélie Penguin engages in prostitution. Some female penguins, whether they are single or attached, will provide sex for stones.
x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill