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TIL that the reason chips bags are half empty is because it is package with nitrogen gas to protect it from damage during transit

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8adYP TIL in 2008, a Swedish amateur photographer, Tomas Langton, accidentally helped solve the murder of a 10 year old girl when randomly testing his new camera. He photographed the victim, Engla Hoglund, at 2:16pm and the killer following in his car, 42 year old Anders Eklund, one minute later at 2:17pm
v17eK TIL If Holly (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it switches genes on to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (which are out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly
PYBGw TIL about Jan Davis and Mark Lee, two NASA astronauts who were secretly married shortly before their launch on the space shuttle, becoming the only married couple to travel to space together
VMEb8 TIL that the first CIA director stated in a letter to Congress that "high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."
wLlv8 TIL about Operation Power Flight (3 B52's fly non-stop around the Earth)