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TIL That North American Aviation took the P-51 from concept to working prototype in only 102 days.

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8NNV TIL When Stephen Hawking was in California, he visited a strip club with his entourage of nurses and got VIP dances on the bed with two naked strippers
VMoam TIL that when a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it molts a matching feather on the other wing.
xVGR1 TIL that the sex of sea turtle hatchlings depends on the temperature of the sand in which they're laid. Cooler temperatures will produce an all-male clutch, and warmer temperatures will produce an all-female clutch, while fluctuating temperatures will produce a mix of males and females.
p8NB8 TIL today, March 6th, is the annual, sacred high holy day of Dudeism: The Day of the Dude. A religion inspired by "The Dude" from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, Dudeism is a blend of Chinese Taoism, concepts from the Greek philosopher Epicurus presented in a style as personified by "The Dude."
LQDV TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit homeless man Gregory Biggs lodging him in her windshield, alive. She did nothing to help him, just drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for hours before dying. Only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.