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TIL after a storming a hijacked plane and killing/capturing the hijackers, Israel worked for 5 years to purchase the aircraft, then converted it to a spyplane

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aw18Z TIL that the name for Director Brian Singer's production company Bad Hat Harry Productions (X-Men, The Usual Suspects, House, M.D.), and the quote that accompanies the "Vanity Card" shown at the end of a TV Show they produced, are taken from Jaws.
oRRor TIL that an average wind turbine produces enough energy to power 940 average U.S. homes
8ee1V TIL Otis Redding never heard the completed version of his only No. 1 hit, “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay.”
4kvaX TIL that the leading cause of death around the globe is coronary artery disease, which occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart become narrowed
A1Lx TIL building a time machine is believed to be scientifically possible but requires building a gigantic particle accelerator in space, stabilizing space-time foam, plucking out a wormhole, enlarging it and connecting it a gravitational field.