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TIL the We Can Do It poster is not Rosie the Riveter and was only used internally by one company

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Neye TIL of Hitlers plan to collect thousands of Jewish artifacts to build the “Museum of An Extinct Race”
DEY TIL that teleportation has actually successfully been done on small scales
oBga7 TIL about the Boxing Day Tsunami in Sumatra: It was the eighth biggest earthquake recorded in history. The earthquake measured 9.3 on the Richter Scale and it caused 230 000 deaths around Asia.
epjxg TIL that cereal company General Mills had an Aeronautical Research Division that produced spy balloons for the American military and the CIA
JJ58 TIL that a scientist once wore glasses with flipped lenses so everything was upside down. After a while, his brain flipped the image so he could see normally again. However, when he took the glasses off, he’s brain continued doing this and his normal vision remained flipped.