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TIL. Everyone knows Nolan Ryan has the most no hitters in baseball. He also has... The most 1 hitters, 2 hitters and 3 hitters. That is All Time! #PTI

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mE1M TIL after the release of ‘Top Gun’, the US Navy stated the number of young men who joined wanting to be Naval Aviators went up by 500 percent.
9Y7oG TIL about Japan’s 5pm bell, or national emergency broadcast system, that plays music each day at a specific time for over 90% of the country. The music is actually a daily test to ensure the system can inform residents of any major disasters (i.e. tsunami, industrial accident).
Yp8lx TIL Lightning is a source of fixed nitrogen, and thus nitrate. Nitrogen in the atmosphere is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between atoms in the N2 molecule. Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond allowing nitrogen atoms to react with oxygen, forming NOx.
kYdE TIL, 50 years ago the US sent half a billion inch-long copper needles in space. They’re still floating around the earth.
awBoA TIL 9/11 survivor George Mironis visits FDNY Ladder Company 10 House, across from the memorial, once a week and leaves a candle in a glass jar just outside the firehouse. He does this to honor a firefighter he passed in the North Tower stairwell on 9/11 who did not survive.