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TIL about the Olympus 593, the only reheated (afterburner) engine used on a commercial plane (Concorde)

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6ENGl TIL of Paul Alexander, one of the last few Polio survivors. He's confined to an Iron Lung and paralyzed from the neck down, yet managed to graduate from law school and wrote his memoir using only his mouth.
bNa9 TIL that last surviving witness to the Abraham Lincoln assassination lived long enough to be interviewed about it on television.
new1P TIL that the shift (maj) key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters.
DNpg TIL the first thing Reagan said to his wife after his attempted assassination is “Honey, I forgot to duck.”
lQjV TIL that there was once a real-life replica of The Simpsons house, made for a contest. It was re-created from footage of more than 100 episodes of the show to get every facet of the house right. The winner, however, chose to accept a cash prize instead.