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TIL the SR-71 Blackbird outran nearly 4000 missiles fired at it during its service life

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x6kK0 TIL the world's longest constitution was the Constitution of Alabama from 1901-2022. At 338,882 words, it was 51 times longer than the U.S. Constitution and 12 times longer than the average U.S. state constitution.
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epR7b TIL Zurich's historic Semper Observatory showcases around 300 measuring instruments, sundials, astrolabes, and the telescope that astronomer Rudolf Wolf used to count sunspots. Wolf was a pioneer in the topic of sunspot research