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TIL a C-130 holds the record for the largest and heaviest plane to land on an aircraft carrier. In 1963 it made 29 touch-and-gos, 21 takeoffs and 21 full stop landings all without a catapult or tail hooks!

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epd6L TIL Mick Fleetwood and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac play on Werewolves of London. Warren Zevon and his band wrote the song, but Jackson Browne and T Bone Burnett performed it before he did.
0wPdj TIL of Pomato, a grafted plant that is part tomato and part potato. The resulting plant have cherry tomatoes on the vine and white potatoes in the soil, resulting in plants with double crops. Grafting can also boost natural resilience and improve biodiversity by supporting different pollinators!
M9XA TIL: Stan Lee is the highest grossing actor of all time. His 39 films have taken in $7,748,462,823 to date.
Leom TIL The first responding Las Vegas police officer on the scene of Tupac’s infamous 1996 murder asked the dying rapper, “Who shot you?” Tupac’s response and final words were “Fuck you.”
VMw0m TIL an American airline won the right to weigh passengers to prevent crash landings