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TIL that Rolls-Royce is one of the top manufacturers of aircraft engines for civil and military aviation.

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VDD TIL If you own a Mac, Orbitz travel agency will show you more expensive hotels than people who own PC’s because people who own Mac’s spend 30% more money.
x8j5 TIL the American Council of the Blind successfully sued the Library of Congress to make Playboy available in Braille.
d8DMK TIL that the role of Zapp Brannigan was created specifically for Phil Hartman. When Hartman was murdered prior to recording the pilot, Billy West took over the role and tweaked his voice to more closely mimic Hartman's
nemwP TIL of Virginia Hall, one of the most highly decorated spies in American history. Her small resistance team is credited with destroying four bridges, derailing dozens of freight trains, killing 150 German soldiers, and capturing another 300 enemy troops. She did all of this with a wooden leg.
xV7e7 TIL that in 1798 Congressman Matthew Lyon was tried and convicted under the Sedition Act for criticizing John Adams.