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TIL just while taxiing to take-off, the Concorde burned more fuel than a 737 flying from London to Amsterdam

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loKmN TIL there have been 32 ‘Broken Arrow’ or missing Nuclear Weapon alerts by the United States alone with 6 Nuclear Weapons still unaccounted for.
kO9P4 TIL in 2018 the car loan platform Lending Tree reported that while Tesla buyers only spent 4.6% of income on car payments, the least among all studied brands, the highest payment-to-income ratio brands were Buick and Chrysler, with both having buyers spend 10.9% of their income on car payments.
B4AD TIL a book published 30 years ago has cryptic art and verses hinting at the location of 12 buried treasures in America. Only 2 have been found.
XEjaR TIL about the Uncombable Hair Syndrome(UHS), a disease that, as its name says, makes the hair of people impossible to comb, due to the triangular shape of the hair shaft.
B0nr TIL Aldous Huxley asked for LSD on his death bed and died whilst tripping