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TIL of “SLAM”, a cancelled nuclear ramjet missle that could carry up to 16 thermonuclear warheads, travel for months nonstop, spew radiation wherever it went, and flew at tree top levels, killing anyone it would fly over

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OG8x6 TIL multi-track recording was invented by Ross Snyder in 1955. His 8-track recorder, named the Sel-Sync machine, was sold to Les Paul for $10,000. It became known as the "Octopus". Les Paul, Mary Ford and Patti Page used the technology in the late 1950s to enhance vocals and instruments.
JOeV TIL In June 1974, while President Nixon was on his way to a scheduled stop in Syria, Syrian fighter jets intercepted Air Force One to act as escorts. However, the Air Force One crew was not informed in advance and, as a result, took evasive action including a dive.
m1anv TIL that a huge 20m (66ft) rogue wave hit the bulk carrier, MV Derbyshire with such force that it sent the ship underwater almost instantly, not even giving its crew enough time to save themselves, let alone send a distress signal.
pYWXp TIL the medical research surrounding having people’s gender not matching their genetic markers has been occurring for a very long time. Genetically born males who cannot process androgens such as testosterone and grow up female because medically it was the best outcome. Many didn’t even know.
D1XGg TIL in 1800s, freed African-American slaves were helped to migrate to Liberia to escape oppression into a country of their very own, where they immediately established an apartheid upon their native African cousins, treating them the same way they were treated by their white oppressors.