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TIL that the ♻️ symbol does not mean that the plastic can be recycled

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nW4PY TIL in the Battle of Kinshasa (2nd Congo War), Zimbabwean aircraft launched from the airport's northern part of the runway to bomb the Rwandan positions at the same airport's southern part of the runway. Average turnaround time was less than 5 minutes.
kOLWB TIL that the earliest-living historical person known by name is Iry-Hor, a predynastic pharaoh who ruled over Upper Egypt in around 3200 BC. His dynasty is regarded in Egyptology as 'Dynasty 0' - the first out of 30 dynasties that reigned over Egypt.
Nnde TIL that the Bayanzi tribe of the Congo would execute via decapitation with a twist. While alive, the head of the condemned would be connected to a springy sapling so that when it was cut off, it would be thrown through the air “With the force of a bomb”.
R7y4 TIL Winnie-the-Pooh is not actually Pooh’s real name. His real name is Edward Bear.
WkJBN TIL for several years a company that kept a database of US IP address locations used a point near the geographical center of the US as the default location when the IP address locations were hidden. As a result a farm in Kansas had been targeted by the FBI, IRS, and angry vigilantes.