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TIL that 230 years ago The French Aerostatic Corps , was the world's first air unit founded in the early days of the French Revolutionary wars and helping in several important battles .

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OoXmX TIL that not only can eyeballs be rugby-ball shaped (astigmatism) instead of basket-ball shaped, but one in 2000 people have a cornea shaped like the top of The Gherkin, rather than the O2 Arena. This is called Keratoconus and causes blurred vision, but not blindness.
BWmb TIL the Bermuda Triangle has as many disappearances as any other place in the ocean of a similar size and many of the mysteries attributed to it happened outside of the triangle.
YMeZ TIL Ralph Lawrence Carr, Governor of Colorado, spoke out against the internment of the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, costing him his political career
GYpVQ TIL on the upper floors of the 2700-ft Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the sun is still seen for several minutes after it has set at ground level. Dubai clerics have ruled that residents above the 80th floor should wait 2 additional minutes to break their Ramadan fast, and those above the 150th, 3 minutes.
W7Bd TIL Mother Teresa actually believed that the poor was meant to be poor, the sick intended to be sick and used all donations to open up unwanted covenants. Then when sick herself, went to the best medical centers. (3 part series)