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TIL the Trident Missile has the ability to fly in a GPS-denied environment by Star-Sighting navigation.

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R7n14 TIL Many French Bulldogs require artificial insemination to breed because their hips are too slim to allow the male to mount the female. In addition, 80% of their litters are delivered through C-section.
xVpMw TIL - Humans are one of few mammals that don't have a penis bone.
4KEo TIL that a group of Indian Jews called the Bene Israel were sent back to India from Israel for not qualifying as Jews. They were not recognized as Jewish until 1964.
xVja1 TIL I learned that there was a man who could eat so much that he was once expelled from a hospital under suspicion of eating an entire toddler.
Zk7Y TIL: a 13 yr old who made a Braille printer out of Legos after discovering that millions of blind people in developing countries buy Braille devices that cost $2K and weigh 20 lbs. His prints Braille from computers to paper using raised dots instead of ink, weighs a few lbs, and costs only $350.