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Today I Learned a man landed a plane in the streets of New York. Then did it again because someone didn't believe him about the first time.

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M7kgb TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller
xV7YB TIL that in 1925, the IRA sent a delegation to the USSR to ask for weapons. The Soviet delegation asked the IRA how many bishops they had killed. When the Irish said they hadn't killed any, the Soviets replied "Ah, you people are not serious at all."
Plbw TIL: Two kids spent two years recreating Toy Story in it’s entirety shot by shot.
GAYv1 TIL that Oreos were invented 26 years before chocolate chip cookies. 1912 v 1938.
Jrdk TIL about “Curiosity”, an ‘experimental’ online mobile game by Peter Molyneux promising the winner a 'life-changing’ prize. There was a winner, back in May of 2013. He still hasn’t gotten his prize.