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N7bM8 TIL between 1956 and 1972 Goodyear worked on an inflatable rescue plane for the US military. Despite being fully airworthy, the project was abandoned when the military didn't order such planes.
D1kxD TIL that not only does a cat grow a whole ass litter of kittens in around 9 weeks, but a lioness grows a whole ass litter of whole ass lion cubs in around 16 WEEKS!!!!!!
EgklP TIL that in Medieval Rome, the Colisseum was home to hundreds of people living inside its walls, being rented away by a nearby convent that maintained the ruins. It had a network of sewage pipes, horse stables, and people built new walls for their homes.
VBXaQ TIL Two of the Jackson 5 brothers fathered children with the same woman, making the children both cousins and siblings.
ke5B TIL that more than a hundred American and German sailors died in a naval confrontation in the Samoas in 1889, despite neither side firing a shot. The captains on both sides refused to show ‘weakness’ by taking steps to prepare for an oncoming hurricane.