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TIL: US Marines attempted to make Ice Cream in the Pacific by flying tubs of canned milk and cocoa up to 30,000 ft+ while under fire.

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WkrKB TIL that to establish jurisdiction in the Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing (Lockerbie), Camp Zeist, a former United States Air Force base in the Netherlands, was, in 2000, temporarily declared sovereign territory (Exclave) of the United Kingdom, in order to allow the trial to take place.
Y7GjA TIL the Earth's radius is about 21km (13mi) smaller at the poles compared to the equator.
wLP4J TIL Chicago mobster Sam DeStefano loaned money at interest rates of 25% by week to very high-risk debtors such as drug addicts, in order to torture them in his cellar when they defaulted
848 TIL that Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, Chad Lowe and Rob Lowe all went to high school together and made short films together.
ADdZ7 TIL People with Schizophrenia in African and Indian cultures tend to have positive experiences when hearing voices. Those in the United States predominantly have violent and hateful experiences.