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TIL that the weird little “spirals” on jet engine turbine tips are so the ground crews can tell if an engine is spinning or not

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OG68g TIL that shortly after his death, the corpse of actor John Barrymore (1882-1942) was “borrowed” by director Raoul Walsh and was left propped on a chair for a drunken Errol Flynn to discover when he came home. In 2020, John’s granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, confirmed this story.
5JRk TIL that Donald trump proposed a onetime tax of 14.25% on individuals and trusts worth $10 million and up in 1999 that would eliminate national debt.
YpPJZ TIL that 70% of all Porsche vehicles ever built are still on the road today.
4p9J TIL that a 7-year old Australian boy broke into a reptile zoo, killed 13 reptiles then fed them all to a 440 pound 11’ saltwater crocodile, also in that same zoo.
4KGa TIL when a man asked Xerxes to exempt his eldest son from serving in the army, he had the young man cut in half and ordered his army to march between his two parts