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TIL that the American Nazi Party erected a hidden monument in honor of executed Nazis In Washington DC.

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m1Lwo TIL The world record for the fastest flight speed of a manned airplane was set in 1967 when The North American X-15 reached a top speed of Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph or 7,274 km/h).
DQYRe TIL that a women was denied Swiss citizenship twice for being “too annoying”
Mex9K TIL the helicopter that crashed during the Bin Laden raid did so because in the training exercises, they used a chain fence, rather than a solid wall like what surrounded the real compound. The solid wall meant heat got trapped and rose up, causing the helicopter to have different flight properties.
aGYo TIL a Queen’s University Professor was “‘banned’” from his own class and pushed to an early retirement when he used racial slurs while “he was quoting from books and articles on racism,” after complaints were lodged by a TA in Gender Studies and from other students.
M7oWW TIL that storks that are bit by arrows while migrating and survive are called Pfeilstörche