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Today I learned that wale vomit over time has an earthly smell to it

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jkRM TIL of Neal Loving; an African American who learned to fly in the segregated 40’s, founded his own flying school, designed at least 5 aircraft, flew one on an international tour, taught aviation mechanics and did it all after losing both legs in a glider accident.
looKN TIL Jamaica is the only country flag without red, white or blue.
VMkpD TIL that Honest Tea holds a yearly experiment. They set up a stand offering a bottle of tea for $1 on the honor system, and the number of drinks taken are compared to the amount of money received. Americans were roughly 90% honest, and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii was 100% honest 2 years in a row
a8Om9 TIL that the US Constitution still grants Congress the power to issue Letters of Marque & Reprisal which would allow privateering on behalf of the US.
R5lQj TIL that a lot of Latin American flags look similar because they based their color scheme proposed by Goethe, who derived it from his work rebuking (incorrectly) Newton's laws of optics