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TIL rockets have white and black patterns named “roll patterns” to monitor their movement when launched.

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xwkk TIL, some zoos raise puppies with captive cheetah kittens to help reduce anxiety, stress and develop social skills
a1g9 TIL the true purpose of Microsoft Solitaire and Minesweeper was to teach mouse-fluency by stealth
WkEE8 TIL of the Bethke brothers. Each escaped from Soviet East Berlin. Ingo floated on a mattress across a river. Holger used a bow to fire a cable across the gap, then zip-lined to safety. Then Ingo and Holger built an aircraft and flew back over the wall to rescue their third brother, Egbert.
VBAGB TIL that the term “oxymoron” means “brightly stupid” and is therefore an oxymoron having the same meaning as “sophomore”
Rjbj TIL approximately 3,000 years elapsed from the first pharaoh to the last. That means that Ancient Egypt existed for more than half of recorded history to date.