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TIL Vin Diesel named his newborn daughter “Pauline” after the late Paul Walker.

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XEmOj TIL the US Department of Defense spent $486 million on 20 planes for the Afghan Air Force which flew a total of 234 hours before being sold as scrap for $32,000.
Bg4eL TIL about Gurkhas, they are legendary warriors from Nepal who do not fear death. They have also served in the British army for over 200 years, winning the highest military honour, the Victoria Cross 26 times.
9YykX TIL that one of the 7 ancient worldwonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, probably did not exist. Scientists have not found any evidence of its existence even today. It is now assumed that the gardens either stood somewhere else, or they were merely a myth of writers.
KVG9 TIL that the New Horizons space probe to Pluto is actually powered by Plutonium.
ANx9w TIL That it takes two to three months to climb Mount Everest.