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TIL Israel is roughly the same size as New Jersey by area.

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GYjeg TIL in 1943 after Naval intelligence provided them with his exact itinerary, US fighter pilots successfully shot down a transport plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yamamoto was believed to be responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor
pdyZ TIL explosive decompression BLEW THE TOP OFF a Hawaiian airliner. They were able to land the plane, and only one person was killed.
dDMkr TIL with few exceptions there's no such thing as a "family coat of arms." Coats of arms are given to individuals. They can be passed down but are not associated with a surname. There can be many coats of arms in a family. Companies offering surname histories and arms often fabricate their findings.
e0xeD TIL that despite Joe Frazier coming to Muhammad Ali's aid when Ali was being frozen out by the government Ali continuously painted Frazier as a villain including referring to him as a "gorilla" and "Uncle Tom". Frazier never forgave him until the day he died
D1A0r TIL that all mammals, from mice to whales, have roughly the same number of heartbeats in a lifetime: 1 billion.