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TIL the Pentagon received the Pigasus award in 1981 for spending $6 million to determine whether burning the photo of a Soviet missile would destroy the missile.

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xVPY7 TIL Charles Lindbergh fathered six children with three different women in Germany. He was able to keep fact hidden from the children, his wife, and the news for 10 years after his death.
JYND1 TIL that the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was originally just a fan-fiction of the Twilight series. It was called Master of The Universe, written by EL James under the pen name Snowqueens Icedragon.
Orm4 TIL about the Hand Angels. The volunteer group that jacks off disabled people.
8aGV4 TIL that even the typographer who designed Comic Sans only used it once, and that was to send a letter to Sky for his broadband problem.
l51G TIL there is a Lake Disappointment in Australia. It was named by an explorer who followed creeks to it hoping for a freshwater source, but found a saltwater lake instead.