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TIL one of the US senators from Idaho is named “Mike Crapo”

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ZYe4 TIL In 1948 the United States Air-force tested the XF-85 Goblin, a jet fighter designed to be deployed and retrieved from a bomber’s bomb-bay. The bomber could carry a maximum of 4 XF-85s, turning it into a “Flying Aircraft Carrier”.
NKYe TIL Stephen Colbert lost his father and 2 brothers in a plane crash when he was just 10 years old. Although he was aimless as a teenager, barely graduating high school, he later learned to accept the event and credits it with making him the comedian he is today saying “I learned to love it”.
x6AB7 TIL bees are the only known species other than humans that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers.
P1rdg TIL that Gravity Falls released the episode “Soos and the real girl” 3 years exactly before DDLC, as they both follow a video game girl character breaking the 4th wall and talking to the player (Episode aired on the 22nd of September and DDLC released also on the 22nd of September)
vdLj TIL that the Red Wolf is a canine species unique to the US that was hunted down to near extinction but is now being rescued after once only 17 animals remained