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TIL the Pentagon plans to seed the ocean floor with payloads of sensors, drones and other devices, which will lay dormant waiting to be called into action to aid U.S. forces. This program is called “Upward Falling Payload.”

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rD51 TIL In the six days it takes to complete an episode, “South Park” employees typically put in 100 hours per week.
nemE7 TIL Gen. Franz Halder of the High Command warned Hitler of huge Soviet troop concentrations near Stalingrad and certain disaster, but Hitler criticized him for his defeatist mentality. Halder walked out of the meeting and never returned. Five months later, Germany was defeated at Stalingrad.
mxLYx TIL that Bengal famine of 1943 and that the 2 millions deaths are considered by historians to have been preventable. (This video gives a recap but more info is on wiki)
QNnMp TIL that Morton, Illinois is known as “Pumpkin Capital of the World” since 85% of percent of the world's canned pumpkin is processed at the Libby’s plant in Morton.
N5Xe TIL X-Men has often been compared to the African-American Civil Rights movement, with Xavier as MLK and Magneto as Malcom X.