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TIL The fuel tanks of a Boeing 747 are in its wings. And it can carry over 50k gallons of it.

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x6oPD TIL: Prior to the D-Day landings, men were covertly sent ashore from submarines to collect samples of the sand to see whether it could support the weight of the tanks, trucks and other vehicles.
OGJBg TIL approximately 98% of all mammalian species do not menstruate. These "oestrous" species reabsorb endometrial tissue at the end of the infertile cycle. Making many aspects of menstruation poorly understood and development of treatments for menstrual disorders limited.
ZpYo TIL that, whilst fighting in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell was shot through the neck. The bullet missed his main artery by a fraction, but he fully recovered - going on to write Animal Farm and 1984, amongst others.
R7Vjl TIL IN 1991 the inspiration for the world's first webcam came when they installed camera to save people working in the building the disappointment of finding the coffee machine empty after making the trip in Trojan Room in the old Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, England,
PYYQE TIL On November 13, 1979 Ronald Reagan proposed free trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada, i.e., NAFTA. And that Reagan was a globalist and the quintessential Establishment Republican!