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TIL: Playboy is also published in braille

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m1j1x TIL that the “eternal flame” at the JFK memorial was accidentally doused 15 days after it was lit in 1963 by kids pouring Holy water on it. It was extinguished one other time in 1967 when the transformer powering the spark igniter was flooded and shorted out during a rain storm.
a8WXN TIL the current royal family of Sweden was founded by one of Napoleon’s Marshals of France.
N7YrP TIL The mayfly, Dolania americana, is believed to have the shortest adult lifespan of any insects. The adult insects emerge before dawn in early summer, mate, and die within the space of about 30 minutes. The female deposits her eggs in the water and dies within 5 minutes of emergence
08av TIL the first American spy satellites literally dropped their film from space in a “film bucket” that was then scooped up in midair by a plane
9PAm TIL that after the collapse of the South Sea company in 1720, which bankrupted many and severely affected the economy of England, a proposal was made in parliament to place bankers in sacks filled with snakes and throw them into the River Thames.