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TIL The Boeing 787 Dreamliner can fly non-stop for 10,710 miles and perform an around the world flight in 42.5 hours

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99QM TIL We have technology to extract 3D model from a single photo
xVn50 TIL that none of the actors portraying the Jamaican bobsled team in the movie ‘Cool Runnings’ were originally from Jamaica! ????????
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