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TIL in 1963 a series of tests proved that the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft could land on and take off from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.

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wPW8 TIL after the 9/11 attacks, Clear Channel released a list of ‘questionable’ songs that it recommended that its subsidiaries 'might not want to play’. The list included all recorded songs by Rage Against the Machine
jwkR TIL that an extinct bird called Rodrigues Solitaire had strange knob-like balls on its wings. These balls were used by the bird as a deadly weapon to defend territory and its mate, and made a noise like thunder in the distance
xVnMD TIL that when Ronald E. Rosser lost one of his brothers in Korea, he enlisted to get revenge and would end up earning the Medal of Honor. When another brother was killed in Vietnam, he once again volunteered to fight but was turned down.
gM4JW TIL no single country owns Antarctica. Instead, it is governed by a group of nations in a unique international partnership. The Antarctic Treaty, 1959, designates Antarctica as a continent devoted to peace and science. It is also the only continent without an indigenous human population.
nev6G TIL that in 1969, Neil Armstrong brought a piece of the Wright Flyer to the Moon in his space suit’s pocket. The Wright Brothers, like Armstrong, were from Ohio. The pieces were part of the propeller and some of the fabric from the wing of the 1903