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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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loRA5 TIL Disneyland is in Orange County California, and Disneyworld is in Orange County Florida
ZPOD TIL:People with dark eye color have faster reaction times than those with lighter eye colors.
jomj TIL that each combination lock also has a counterclockwise combination opening the lock.
GYWdE TIL that Serhii Koroliov, head engineer of the soviet space program, was tortured for 6 years in the GULAG prior to sending Yurii Gagarin to space. The other rocket scientists he was arrested with were executed.
gbe8 TIL that Godzilla’s roar was created using a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin and rubbing it against the string of a double bass