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TIL that in 1991 an F-15 fighter achieved an air-to-air kill using a 2000lb bomb. The USAF F-15E Strike Eagle of the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron released a GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb which, after 30 seconds of flight, impacted an Iraqi Air Force Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship.

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KYokG TIL in 1807, Aaron Burr attempted to lead a secessionist movement in the United States. Though his aims were unclear, with speculation ranging from conquering Mexico to taking the Louisiana Purchase, he was charged and ultimately acquitted due to lack of specific evidence of his ultimate goal.
BrLRy TIL: about Gain Of Function research, or the modification of dangerous viruses to become deadlier and more transmissible. Advocates argue it can help ready us to identify pandemics easier, critics say we're risking millions of lives. A moratorium on GoF research was ended in 2019.
wDnW TIL There´s a hugely popular reality show in China that interviews death row prisoners moments before their execution
Wkor9 TIL Thomas Stuart Ferguson, a devout Mormen, lost his faith looking for evdience of the Book of Mormon in Central America, but jumpstarted archaeology in that region
grBQX TIL that the last living person recorded to have been born in the 1700s, Margaret Ann Neve, was born in 1792 and died in 1903, 36 years before the start over WWII, only only 66 years before the moon landing. She could have heard George Washington speak, and heard the first radio in her lifetime.