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

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LQdGr TIL that in 1909 the entire town of Ulysses, Kansas was relocated 3 miles west to escape their debts
kJXrg TIL the first known blast beat in rock music was heard as far back as 1970 by a proto-metal band called Attila— which also happened to have Billy Joel on vocals
xVDp7 TIL unlike most owls, pueo are active during the day and are commonly seen hovering or soaring over open areas. The species is thought to have colonized the Hawaiian Islands sometime after the arrival of Polynesians. They are very sacred to Hawaiians because they protect individuals from harm.
VQX4 TIL that Hitler had a digestive disorder that made him chronically fart.
yR5V TIL that the pharmaceutical company, Gilead, developed a drug that can cure Hepatitis C which led to plummeting stock prices as fewer patients required the drug due to the fact that it worked so well.