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TIL Orville Wright lived to see jets and the first supersonic flight

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M7DoW TIL the late Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld book series, wrote dialogue for a companion mod of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
9dam TIL The guy who sang “She Blinded Me With Science” believes the Earth is flat.
x69kw TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.
JYK44 TIL about the theory of "the wisdom of crowds", where the median will be close, but the mean answer of a crowd of people will be closer to the correct answer.
1aVBX TIL that after nesting, Australian magpies will just start attacking people. Due to the bird being a protected species, people have gotten creative in finding ways to protect themselves.