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TIL: That the US Airforce has looked into research on: "How to use social media to control people like drones"

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kOyLE TIL astronaut Bruce McCandless floated in space completely unattached to anything, 320 feet away from the space-shuttle with only a nitrogen jetpack back in 1984.
oPMo TIL that there is a Danish show where two men judge a naked womans body.
XED9X TIL that the rumbling sound you hear when closing your eyes tightly is caused the tensor tympani muscle contracting.
ANJx7 TIL all about the criminal Ed Gein and how his crimes inspired many famous horror movies, like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Psycho!
NXyAE TIL that during his time undercover as Donnie Brasco, Joseph Pistone was asked to do four hits. At least once, the FBI had to stage a murder when it was too risky for him to try and get out of doing it.