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TIL that the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. was abolished after 45 years for failing to develop a single aircraft.

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nAab TIL During the 1848 uprising in Vienna, Emperor Ferdinand I. asked Chancellor Metternich, upon seeing the protesters from his palace, what they were doing to which Metternich replied “They are making a revolution” to which the Emperor asked “But are they allowed to do that?”
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