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TIL in 1956, due to a combination of air friction and a steepened dive path, an F-11 Tiger shot itself down with its own gunfire

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M7RYm TIL that people with blue eyes are more prone to alcoholism.
p844A TIL that the US Navy ship USS New York has part of its hull forged from salvaged steel from the 9/11 attacks.
ZLyG TIL that Albert Einstein’s inability to speak until a late age actually caused him to use “visual thought experiments”, such as imagining trains and elevators, while working on physics problems. This is considered to be one of the reasons behind his success.
OodAX TIL 50-80% of our oxygen comes from plants and bacteria in the ocean which is more than the amount all tropical rainforests on land produce combined
EeeV TIL Stephen Colbert has four bug species named after him, grew up two blocks away from his future wife, and is an ordained minister