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TIL: incubating premature babies got it’s start as a side show exhibit in Coney Island

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XaB6 TIL the sixth tallest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shops megastore in Memphis, Tennessee
XE18P If you have some free space at home, a Turbo Union RB199 engine, previously used in the Tornado jet (not clear which variant), is on sale on eBay.
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KOY54 TIL of Ray Holmes, an RAF Pilot who intentionally rammed a German Bomber with his Fighter to stop it bombing Buckingham Palace, bailed out, then went drinking.