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TIL of the Jesus Nut. It's the part of the helicopter that if it is damaged, or otherwise disengages, you get to meet Jesus.

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E1dJW TIL that Nazi leader Hermann Göring once claimed "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer.". This would later come back to haunt him as Allied bombers devastated Germany and citizens began to call him "Meyer".
panA TIL that Sergey Tuganov died after winning a £3,000 bet that he could have sex with 2 women continuously for 12 hours. He used an entire bottle of Viagra and dies from a heart attack
Mnva TIL that the Ancient Greeks didn’t like Ares that much. He represented the violent and untamed parts of War, as opposed to Athena, who was the goddess of Military Strategy.
WgLB TIL that the first African American elected to state office in Texas after the Civil War was also a democrat, a woman, and a lesbian.
xVvww TIL one of the most famous documented sightings of a "sea serpent" could actually have been a grey whale's penis