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TIL that not a single Iron Maiden song has ever charted within US Billboard Hot 100

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PYRmV TIL of the Panjandrum, a weapon consisting of large wheels propelled by rockets and holding explosives. During final testing the rockets broke free in all directions, the wheels began chasing military observers, and admirals/generals were forced to dive into barbed wire. It was never used in battle.
DmOY TIL Disney has a 3 nautical mile (~3.5m) no fly zone around it; sharing a long list of military bases
kOQY7 TIL that a thumb between the index and middle finger (Fig Sign, also known as the "Got your nose!" hand) is a disused hand signal that means "sex" in Japanese.
OoV8e TIL a New Jersey man was once charged $3,750 for a bottle of wine after the waitress recommended the one that was "thirty-seven fifty."
JYavV TIL that up to 25 percent of cowboys in the West during the later 19th century were black. Former slaves or born into a formerly enslaved family, they worked in an industry that despite facing inevitable racism was a generally less discriminatory than other industries at the time.