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TIL that the famed Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engine used during WW2 era in the Hurricane, Spitfire and P-51 Mustang fighters is named after the bird of prey (a falcon, formerly known as pigeon hawk in US) and not the magician

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x6M0k TIL Robin Williams improvised so much during the recording of Aladdin that the Disney team had over 16 hours of material, and his performance was deemed ineligible for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
0wDYL TIL In 2013 Lucasarts games had a game in development following Boba Fett going through the criminal underworld of Coruscant's level 1313. According to interviews the staff was inspired by the GTA series. The Game was cancelled when Lucasarts was acquired by Disney and laid off most of their staff.
v1wdK TIL The legal definition of a 'sandwich' differs across the USA. In California, a hot dog is a sandwich. In Massachusetts, a burrito is not a sandwich. The USDA defines a sandwich as meat between two slices of bread and says a burrito is a 'sandwich like product.' New York has another definition.
XELP6 TIL in 1961 Ronald Reagan released a spoken-word album warning against socialized medicine.
9BoD TIL of John O'neil an FBI agent that tried warning the government of Bin Laden and was forced out of the bureau. He went on to work security the the World Trade Center