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TIL Apple doesn’t pay for product placement in TV and movies, yet it’s products appeared in 891 tv shows in 2011 alone.

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Zpy9p TIL In 1943, an American B17-F bomber was heavily damaged during a bombing run over German airspace. In a show of compassion, Ace Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler, then with 27 aerial victories, opted to escort the plane back to Allied airspace. This action saved the lives of almost everyone on board.
dDr48 TIL Miley Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition causing an abnormal resting heart rate.
6EYp8 TIL Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian
E1n47 TIL over a third of the land in New Zealand is a protected National Park.
ELnp TIL The only captured battle flag from the Civil War not returned to its state is Virginia’s. It was captured by Minnesota at the Battle of Gettysburg. Congress ordered its return in 1905.