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TIL they'll let just anybody buy a Blackhawk helicopter

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D14Nv TIL Canada has a crude oil reserve over 4x the size of America's. North Korea has none.
Wk51A TIL that NASA acquired F/A-18 Hornets from the U.S. Navy between 1984 and 1991.
MYob TIL that Woody Guthrie’s popular American folk song “This Land is Your Land” has two lost verses that criticize capitalism and class inequalities in the US
y8EV TIL the Mr. T persona was created by Laurence Tureaud during his years bouncing at night clubs. He would sport the jewelry of customers who lost in fights against him, in which he was in over 200
j6g0n TIL in 1964 whilst a student, future astronaut Reinhard Furrer assisted in the escape of 57 East Berlin citizens via a tunnel under the Berlin Wall