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TIL The difference between a ship and a boat is 60 metres anything less than 60 metres is a boat anything more is a ship

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D1jwr 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"
MekVA TIL that the woman who discovered pulsars in the 1970s did not receive credit, and the Nobel prize went to her supervisor instead, a man who had originally dismissed her work.
4kakJ TIL that city transportation maps with over 250 connections are too complex for most people to navigate. In fact, a staggering 80% of trips in New York already exceed this cognitive limit.
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XEMA8 TIL The Serbian border police annulles every passport stamp issued by the Republic of Kosovo with an “invalid” stamp to demonstrate its non-recognition of the Kosovo