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TIL in 1990 the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set a speed record when it travelled from LA to Washington DC in a bit over an hour, with an average speed of 2,144 mph.

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ANGan TIL that Australia is considered the defamation capital of the world.
x6yDB TIL Famed voice actor Frank Welker (Optimus Prime, et al.) was credited with "Parrot Sounds (voice)" in the 1999 shark movie Deep Blue Sea.
pYyQQ TIL that the Statue of Liberty was certified as a lighthouse until 1902, and--if it hadn't been decertified--would be the tallest coastal lighthouse in the world today.
OoOdL TIL that upon learning that Jackie Chan was in a relationship in real life, one Japanese fan ended her life, and another poisoned herself in the offices of Golden Harvest, a Hong Kong film company.
rRnJx TIL citizens of the Dutch city Zwolle are colloquially known as Bluefingers due to the 1682 sale of the town church's bells to the town of Kampen. After finding the bells too damaged for use, Kampen paid Zwolle entirely in pennies; fingers in Zwolle turned blue after counting so much change.