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TIL the Common Kestral used to be called a “Windfucker”

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ggE4 TIL that in 2002, Boeing delivered a 767 aircraft to China for use as President Jiang’s “Air Force One.” Chinese test pilots discovered a reported 20-30 extremely sophisticated surveillance devices embedded into sensitive areas of the plane, including the Presidential bedroom.
rNdP4 TIL in 1920, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers met to try to find a way to measure power in a 3 or more phase electrical system. They did not reach a consensus until 1993.
gv88 TIL that scientists from L'Aquila, Italy, were sentenced to six years in prison for failing to warn of an earthquake, despite lacking any reliable means to do so.
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8e0Ya TIL Ontario's boundary with the United States runs 2700 kilometres on water and only about one kilometre on land.