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TIL that George Bush’s Wikipedia page is the number one most controversial Wikipedia page as determined by the amount of times that someone changed something on the page only to have someone else come and change it back to the previous wording.

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R5xNl TIL about the North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft which holds the world record for highest speed ever recorded by a crewed, powered aircraft. The X-15 reached that speed on 3 October 1967, when test pilot William J. Knight flew at Mach 6.7 (4,520 mph; 7,274 km/h).
b9blN TIL the biomass of domesticated poultry is about three times higher than that of wild birds.
YLEZ TIL that, while working for Sports Illustrated, Kurt Vonnegut was assigned to write a piece about a race horse jumping over a fence and attempting to escape. He stared at a blank piece of paper all morning then wrote, “The horse jumped over the fucking fence,” and then left.
y1Ae TIL that instead of going to court over a copyright infringement dispute, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation challenged each other to an arm wrestling duel via humorous letters. No lawyers were ever involved, and the men honored the outcome of the match.
EgrnW TIL the movie Footloose is based on a real event. Elmore City, Oklahoma banned dancing in 1898 and kept the law until a group of high school students protested during the 1979-1980 school year. The Town Council voted to repeal the law 3-2 and the school students were allowed to hold a prom.