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TIL the Boeing 747 fuel tank is so big it takes up the entire wing span of the plane.

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OvV7 TIL that in July 1945, Kodak accidentally discovered the U.S. was testing atomic bombs after customers complained of “foggy” film.
kJ4d4 TIL the woman who popularised “gender reveal parties” had multiple miscarriages, and when she finally had a pregnancy which lasted long enough to find out the gender of the baby, decided to throw a party to celebrate. She now regrets it.
dkrr TIL there is quite a large list of people who were killed by the things they invented.
kJ6W1 TIL that the "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality."
BrX4k TIL in 1975 Ingo Bethke escaped from East Germany by floating on an air mattress across the Elbe. 8 years later his brother Holger fled East Berlin by firing an arrow with a rope tied to it and zip lining accross. The two then flew their brother Egbert over the wall on a homemade ultralight in 1989.