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TIL The City of Houston is bigger than the state of New Jersey

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d8v1j TIL the Army’s 4th infantry division is called the “Ivy Division”, because the Roman numeral for 4 is IV
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N7P0N TIL in the late 80s when Tipper Gore led Senate hearings to censor music lyrics against metal and rap bands, the PMRC star speaker was her favorite singer, John Denver. However, Denver stated he was against censorship, ruining their chances to win the legal battle.
jAQa TIL that during the filming for Top Gun, the cameraman pilot entered a flat spin in order to gain footage. This is the same flat spin that was portrayed in the movie which would ultimately kill “goose”.The spin was unrecoverable, killing the pilot/cameraman.
GYPO1 TIL In WWII British tanks, one man's job was to handle the radio, hull machine gun, and brewing tea whenever there was an opportunity.