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TIL of Max Impact: the “premier” rock band of the Air Force, which plays their own music along with covers, and is comprised of active military members.

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7yGO TIL that a 21-year old Sacramento college student boarded the wrong plane in Los Angeles and found himself en route to Aukland, New Zealand instead of Oakland, CA. The accents of the airline staff resulted in the word “Aukland” being pronounced as “Oakland” which confused the flyer.
aNPM TIL that we could have probably outrun a T-Rex and that makes me feel much better.
JYB88 TIL Most older CD based video games can be put in a CD player and you can listen to the soundtrack of the game
BrBGe TIL that in World War II, the German troops used a tool that made their Sturmgewehr shoot curved bullets, called the Krummlauf. They came in angles of 30,45,60, and even 90, with 45 succeeding in numbers the most due to the bullets exploding out of the Krummlauf in the other angles.
NXAvb TIL North Korea was the first ever Asian country to reach the Quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. During the quarterfinals, they scored 3 consecutive goals leading 3-0 for 25 minutes before conceding 5 goals and losing 3-5 to Portugal