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TIL: The flight control computer on the F-22 Raptor is so advanced that the manual stated "you can maneuver the airplane with reckless abandon, without departing from controlled flight"

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b9VZ7 TIL the hole in Alice in Wonderland was inspired by the gypsum sinkholes in Ripon, Yorkshire. A girl called Mary Badcock may have inspired Alice, and in 1999 there was a sinkhole in her garden.
obWE TIL that Jerry Seinfeld offered to voice a character on South Park, but later declined after Matt Stone and Trey Parker had only offered him the part of “turkey #2”
awaL9 TIL: Madonna's "Like A Virgin" hit (1984) was written by 2 men, suggested/presented to Madonna by a man, and produced by a man.. But has become the optime of female Empowerment and sexuality and one the most "female" pop hits ever
rRpmM TIL Doubling the ventilation rate from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers minimum cost less than $40 per person per year and improved the performance of workers by 8%, equivalent to a $6500 increase in employee productivity each year.
BrWGr TIL that the Milky Way galaxy is located in a comparatively empty region of space known as the KBC Void. At approximately 2 billion light-years in diameter it is the largest known void in the universe