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TIL in 1979 the CIA used Psychics specializing in a technique call "remote viewing" to gather information on hostages in Iran.

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OoMLY TIL in 1891 Chicago issued a challenge to all engineers to build a structure that would surpass The Eiffel Tower. The engineer who won proposed a giant rotating wheel that will lift visitors high above the city. The inventor of this giant wheel's name was George Ferris.
LkmQm TIL A Group of Owls Is Called A Parliament
BMrb TIL Steve McQueen would often demand free items in bulk from studios (razors, jeans, etc.) and would donate them to a reformatory school.
neew7 TIL Although Aloha Airlines FL243 suffered an explosive decompression which tore off the top half of the plane’s skin & threw out 1 crew member midair, the captain—who saw “blue sky where the first-class ceiling had been” thru the missing cockpit door—was able to land with all 90 passengers alive
PYrrL TIL Cats have whiskers on their front legs