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TIL, to scale, Mario has a 27 foot vertical jump

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1YmP TIL the “6” in SEAL Team 6 was added to throw off the Russians during the Cold War. They wanted Russian intelligence to think five more teams of equal caliber were deployed.
a8g1J TIL that the US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, leads a Romani working group focused on promoting Gypsy inclusion in Europe.
R6Zj TIL that movable type capital letters were stored in a separate drawer or case from the regular letters. The capital letters in the “upper case” and the others in the “lower case” and are hence called so.
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KOOjB Modern aircraft have two recorders– one that monitors comms, the other flight instruments. The black boxes are now orange. If the plane does crash, it's easier to find in the wreckage.