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TIL: The E-6B Doomsday plane has a 5 mile long antenna

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6E66Q TIL that the word "soccer" was originally widely used British slang for "asSOCiation football", and didn't become common in America until they learned it from the British during WWII. It didn't become unpopular in the UK until the '80s, as a direct response to its use by Americans
8eLGX TIL for the 1980 presidential election, one of Ronald Reagan's first choices for vice president was former president Gerald Ford
yVygX TIL that Chuck Mosley, who was the vocalist for Faith No More before they achieved mainstream success, had financial struggles later in life. In 2009, he released an album titled “Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food.”
woLjY TIL of the Hubble-Barn unit of volume, arrived at by multiplying the size of an atomic nucleus by the length of the observable universe, equal to 13.1L.
Y7Bpd TIL The Statute of Jewry, a statute issued by Henry III of England in 1253 to segregate and debase England's Jews with oppressive laws which included imposing the wearing of a yellow Jewish badge to invite the Christian public's disdain