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TIL that the first Amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him

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pvRN TIL Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s maiden name was Moon
BgQaK TIL of “Explosion,” a dog given to a radio crew stationed on Kiska in the Aleutians by a departing soldier. The IJN subsequently invaded the island and captured the radio-men, but Explosion survived 15 months in the mountains and was reunited with his original owner during the US counter-invasion.
X0v96 TIL JetBlue provides the most generous legroom in economy class at 32.3 inches, with Southwest Airlines offering a comfortable second place at 31.8 inches.
YpYpx TIL Iranian F-14s downed over 160 Iraqi MiGs while incurring only 3 losses. Unable to counter the F-14, Saddam Hussein fooled Iran into thinking its U.S. trained F-14 pilots were plotting against them. As a result, Iran grounded its entire F-14 fleet.
7poL TIL there is a U.S. Military Cemetery where the “Dishonoured Dead” are buried.