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TIL the ‘TIE’ in 'TIE Fighters’ is an acronym for “Twin Ion Engine”

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dpD9 TIL: For the first time since 1974, nobody climbed to the top of Mount Everest last year.
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PYape TIL in 1985, a Boeing 747 tumbled nearly 5.7 miles straight down before the pilots were able to get back control, just seconds before crashing. No one died.
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