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TIL Wealth matters more than ability to succeed in school

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vjxr TIL of the “double-tap” drone strike, where a drone attacks once, waits for people to gather to help survivors and then attacks the same spot again
wLA57 TIL that during cold war, CIA conducted a $350 million cost secret project in 1974 called Project Azorian to recover a soviet submarine K-129 sunken in 1968 in the Pacific Ocean. It recovered only 1/3rd of the submarine, but the research lead to great advances in deep ocean drilling and mining.
Wk5xB TIL Chuck Berry wrote 'Johnny B. Goode' as an autobiographical song about a poor boy who masters the guitar and becomes famous. Berry grew up on Goode Ave. in St. Louis.
w5x1 TIL there is an airless tire called a tweel. It is currently only used in military and construction
j6XdR TIL that Ben Stiller is in talks to play Jack Torrance in a stage production of The Shining.