The Inspiration for 'Stranger Things' Came from an Unsolved Government Conspiracy

Secrets Kept are Weapons Wasted

A man named Laborer Gene Bowman was paid $1.35 an hour to work on the project in 1951. He released a statement about the project when he was approached by reporters after he was discharged from the job in the early 1950s. He stated, “They just said they were building a tunnel. Wasn’t nobody interested in what they were doing...”

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The More You Know

  • Your brain is sometimes more active when you're asleep than when you're awake.
  • The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
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  • If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
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