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TIL Airbus 380 has around 500km (310 miles) of wire cabling

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X8MP TIL there was a pod of killer whales in Eden, Australia between 1840 and 1930 that would assist whalers in hunting baleen whales. The killer whales would find target whales, shepherd them into Twofold Bay, and alert whalers to their presence, often helping them to kill the whales.
4MLR TIL that Led Zeppelin was sued by the band Spirit for stealing the famous intro to “Stairway to Heaven” from its song “Taurus”
wLAkE TIL the first rocket to make it to space was the German V2 rocket MW 18014 launched on 20 June 1944 and reached an apogee of 176 kilometers or 109.6 miles. The rocket didn't have enough velocity to orbit causing it to return to Earth.
jN0la TIL that computers apparently might not be adding to our productivity nearly as much as a lot of inventions from the 1800s...apparently things like running water were a MASSIVE deal. Saved people like 8 hours of labor a week.
78L8P TIL Actor Martin Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times for protesting