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TIL NASA is Building a Bi-Directional “Flying Wing” Aircraft. Can Fly Forwards or Sideways at Full Speed.

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GAg77 TIL: there are ~1500 shipwrecks in Lake Michigan and over 6000 in the Great Lakes combined.
7rAvx TIL that for centuries there has been a secret wing to a museum in Naples, where all the erotic art found in Pompeii was locked away. The cabinet remained closed for more than a hundred years – the doorway even bricked up at one point – and was only fully opened to the public in 2000.
Egbw7 TIL 2025 = 45², a rare perfect square year ,The last was 1936, the next comes in 2116
Oo9g7 TIL that Elvis's "All Shook Up" was first recorded by David Hill, better known as David Hess, famous for his role in "Last House On The Left"
pYOYO TIL The word musk derives from the Sanskrit word for scrotum.