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TIL The whale tail on cruise ships is designed to direct diesel exhaust over the stern and away from the passengers.

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neYG7 TIL that the word 'companion' comes from the Latin words 'com' (with) + 'pane' (bread), so the origins of companion/companionship are those you share bread with
wJ1W TIL In 1999, Jay-Z plead guilty to stabbing a rap producer in the back with an 8 to 9 inch knife, suspecting he was bootlegging his new album before the release date. He received 3 years of probation.
Lkypr TIL British-made A.D.E. 651 advertised as a foolproof bomb detector. Tens of millions of dollars’ worth were bought by Baghdad military. They turned out to be pieces of plastic with antennae glued on at the end and their batteries were business cards with the word C4 markered on them.
rR8Pw TIL without Lucile Ball, there would have been no Star Trek or Mission Impossible.
nJ4G TIL that there were only two black combat pilots in the First World War. Eugene Bullard was an African-American who served with the French Air Force and Ahmet Ali Çelikten, an Arab-African who flew with the Ottoman Air Force… placing them both on opposite sides of the conflict.