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TIL that NASA has its very own SWAT team.

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xLW0 TIL of Blissymbolics, an unspoken, written language that was invented as an easy to learn form of communication for use between people of all languages
woE5o TIL that the Swiss Air Force did not respond to the hijacking of EA Flight 702 because it was outside of office hours 08:00-12:00 - French and Italian aircraft escorted it to Geneva airport
p8NWG TIL why many birds have "whiskers" on their faces. The very long and highly sensitive so-called "rictal bristles" around the beaks of most birds are essential in helping maintain the birds' speed and orientation in the air as they fly speedily around small branches or going after prey in a field.
4OQg TIL that after a girl in his community was killed by a red-light runner, a 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. With his neighborhood cheering him on, he smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop. (x-post /r/China)
98vG TIL that James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear will script and shoot a car chase for the new Die Hard movie.