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TIL The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft, having achieved 70 years of production in 2024

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VMYNk TIL the church of scientology maintains a facility known as “The Hole” where at least 100 of the church’s members have been confined for months and even years. Guarded by “pursuit teams”, razor wire, motion sensors, and spikes, it’s described by ex-members as comparable to a North Korean death camp.
Y7RZ7 TIL 18th century slaves escaped Jamaican plantations and created "Nanny Town", a village in the mountains said to be magically protected by their leader Granny Nanny
9Y1Gp TIL that when Paul McCartney from The Beatles met Koji Kondo, the composer of Super Mario Bros, he started singing the Overworld Background Music (aka the World 1-1 Theme) from the first game.
R71R7 TIL it's mandatory for school children to use fountain pen in Germany
P1JlL TIL that abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the Harper’s Ferry Armory was suppressed by Colonel Robert E. Lee.