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TIL: Despite Area 51 operating as early as 1955, it was only publicly acknowledged by the CIA in 2013.

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oR9gW TIL Admiral Sir John Fisher proposed twice in 1904 and in 1908 to "Copenhagen" (pre-emptively strike) the Imperial German Navy
N7JEe TIL: To identify the pilots guilty of "buzzing" (doing dangerously low-altitude fly-bys) of bases or populated areas, for decades many US military planes were marked with short unique I.D. codes painted-on with large letters. Such marks (different from serial numbers) came to be called BUZZ NUMBERs.
9wVL7 TIL that all AI-generated images, videos, recordings or texts have no copyright.
MevZK TIL Russell Crowe passed on Wolverine and told Bryan Singer to call Hugh Jackman. Jackman was doing a Broadway play and his wife / agent told him not to do it.
jNmeR TIL The Maya civilization used chocolate as money and the disruption of the cacao supply which fueled political power may have led to an economic breakdown, causing the collapse of the empire.