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TIL One of the hardest parts of SAS selection is that unlike other areas of the military where you're ordered to do something, here you're simply asked politely, to prove your self-motivation - which most potential recruits can't handle

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4kn8w TIL China uses cloud seeding for weather manipulation to create everything from blue skies during the 2008 Olympic games to rain intense during droughts.
JYxn1 TIL McDonald's trademarked McJobs in 1984 as training for handicapped people. Now, they protest or threaten legal action for dictionaries who've defined it as a dead-end job. They even tried to get their workers to petition those dictionaries, but workers refused and agreed with current definitions.
XEBkE TIL The opening monologue for Star Trek was written after several episodes had already been produced and only shortly before the series debuted. Gene Roddenberry's original version was not used.
pY7wQ TIL about the "information-to-action ratio," a postulate that explains how access to more information actually hinders our ability to prioritize information we can act upon.
75ZX TIL that Prince Andrew, Duke of York served as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot for two decades. The UK government wanted to prevent him from serving in combat during the 1982 Falklands War, but his mother Queen Elizabeth insisted that Andrew fight. The Duke served in anti-missile decoy, ASW, and SAR.