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TIL: F-35 helmet costs $400,000 4 times that of predecessor

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Br5ND TIL about Wrong Way Corrigan. In 1938 he was denied permission to make a solo transatlantic flight because his plane was unsafe, but given the okay to fly to California. He took off, made a U-turn, and disappeared into the clouds. 28 hours later he landed in Ireland, claiming his compass had broken.
Xvej TIL: that the choir singing during the intro to Mr. Bean are singing ‘Ecce homo qui est faba’, Latin for 'Behold the man who is a bean’.
v1OoD TIL: The Walt Disney Company is the second largest purchaser of explosive devices, right behind the U.S. Department of Defense.
N7bAJ TIL That in 1990 Muhammad Ali saved 15 lives from Iraq hostage by flying in to Iraq and negotiating with Saddam Hussein all by himself ignoring all warnings of danger by the government and his family
wLn4W TIL if you stroke metal rods you can make them sing.