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TIL that donations of used clothes are NEVER needed during disaster relief according to FEMA.

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pQLA TIL The Air Force had a little known unit with the motto “You’ve gotta be shitting me”, which was what some of the crews said when they were told their mission. It was a unit dedicated to hunting down anti aircraft missile launchers…using aircraft.
LQm1p TIL: Long-term administration of ketamine induces erectile dysfunction
8A1a TIL whilst Harrison Ford was fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola a studio executive asked the handyman to take a break and read lines with actresses who were testing for a new film. The film was Star Wars.
yQBXe TIL that there is a water bridge in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River
1aaKX TIL that excessive stress over a long enough period of time can have detrimental effects on the human body and permanently alter the architecture of the human brain. This effect was coined "Allostatic Load"