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TIL about WASP: the Women Airforce Service Pilots, civilian female pilots who flew in non combat situations for the US Army during WWII

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grE57 TIL about a NASA plan to build a giant telescope with a diameter over 1km in one of the craters on the moon.
QJjN9 TIL sculptor Tom Otterness adopted, chained, then shot and killed a dog for an art film and continues to get multi-million city contracts for sculptures.
yQwkM TIL Before Roald Dahl became a famous author he served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during WWII. He was also an intelligence office and rose to the rank of wing commander.
Yp70B TIL that “dilemna” is an incorrect spelling of “dilemma”
OGDV1 TIL Mia Frye was responsible for choreographing the dance routine in the music video for the hit song "Macarena"