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TIL During the Gulf War, A B-52 bomber and F-4 fighter targetted each other, thinking they were the enemy. The F4 fired a Texas HARM (High speed Anti Radiation Missile), causing damage. The B-52 was then renamed "In Harm's Way".

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jkRM TIL of Neal Loving; an African American who learned to fly in the segregated 40’s, founded his own flying school, designed at least 5 aircraft, flew one on an international tour, taught aviation mechanics and did it all after losing both legs in a glider accident.
wEg1 TIL At the urging of radio host Jean Shepherd, listeners entered bookstores and asked for a book that did not exist. So many people took part in this hoax that the book was soon on The New York Times Best Seller list.
dDe6d TIL "keel" was the 1st recorded word in the English language. It was recorded by Gildas in the 6th century referring to the primary ships that the Saxons first arrived in.
v11bD TIL Solo Synchronized Swimming was a sport at the Olympic Games between 1984 and 1992.
R879 TIL that one unique danger of working in a tryworks (whaling industry furnace) was that a rotting pregnant whale could fill with gas and burst, “ejecting a fetus the size of a motor vehicle with sufficient force to kill a man”