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TIL During Operation Desert Storm an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mi-24 attack helicopter with a 2000lb laser-guided bomb.

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BrK6x TIL there is a chemical compound 1000 times hotter than capsaicin, resiniferatoxin, a naturally occurring chemical found in cacti. Ingestion can cause severe swelling, permanent loss of sensation, serious injury, or even death.
7w5L TIL that if you were to orbit a black hole in its photon sphere, you would see the back of your own head
xVBag TIL the US has poor voter turnout as a percent of voting-age population (55.7%), but excellent voter turnout as as percent of those registered to vote (86.8%)
x6N4b TIL U.S. Taxpayers funded re-forestation efforts in Lebanon for the historic Cedar trees
Y6rr TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.