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TIL that Pee Wee Herman’s father was a WW2 fighter pilot who, along with 4 other pilots and a total of 4 aircrafts, founded the Israeli Air Force and helped win Israel’s independence in 1948.

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YWnW TIL that the word ‘Third World’ has little to do with how poor a country is. Sweden and Finland are also considered to be Third World countries.
wLAbo TIL the reason you see diamonds on harlequin hose is that hose are bias cut and are stretched onto the leg.
GG5G TIL for whatever reason, a German WW2 submarine captain decided not to call the trained technician and tried to operate the complex flush system himself after he had used the lavatory. He flooded the boat, forcing it to surface, where it was promptly spotted by the enemy and bombed out of the water.
yQynM TIL that when ships pass through Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean, the nearest land mass is 1677 (2,700 kms) miles away. This means that at certain times of the day, the nearest humans are on the international space station (ISS) 258 miles (416 kms) up.
9Ygv6 TIL Cuba Gooding, Sr. was the lead singer for the band The Main Ingredient. According to Billboard, they had 5 top 10 hits with him as lead singer.