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TIL that the British "Kitchener Wants You" poster was the inspiration for the Uncle Sam poster

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9wO9M TIL Lockheed’s Skunk Works was named as such be of a stench. The original team had a super time critical first project and had to sleep near Lockheeds assembly plant in a parking lot in a rented circus tent - next to a plastic factory.
loo47 TIL Studies show atheists are more intelligent than religious people
8aBm8 TIL of Centralia, Pennsylvania a coal mining town in which its coal mine has been on fire since 1962 and still burns to this day.
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LQDwv TIL the engine for the Honda S2000 sports car had the highest specific power output for any mass production naturally aspirated piston engine for over ten years, until it was beaten by the engine in the 2010 Ferrari 458