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TIL on 21 September 1956, the Grumman F-11 Tiger became the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down.

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nWyQb TIL that in 2008, Tesla took the TV series Top Gear to court for libel and malicious falsehood after it suggested one of its vehicles had run out of power after only 55 miles. The High Court of Justice in London rejected Tesla's libel claim in 2011
Y7JlB TIL country star Merle Haggard got his start in music after seeing Johnny Cash play while he was an inmate at San Quentin Prison at age 21
MepQb TIL about the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse – the earliest known black budget of the USA
Bwad TIL many plants that we consider to be weeds are edible natives to North America, and among them is cattail (Typha) which one can eat the roots and stock of raw or cooked while the newly developing flower-head can be eaten like corn-on-the-cob and has a corn-like taste.
6EKew TIL First chocolate with rice was invented in Croatia in factory named "Zvečevo".