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TIL The second largest air force in the world is the U.S. Navy.

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W7RDY TIL Renowned architect Minoru Yamasaki designed the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project in St. Louis and he envisioned a community lifestyle similar to sidewalks in a high-rise setting, where children and adults could gather safely. However, these community spaces were used by gangs to harass residents
P1AZO TIL that the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, was both the first time that Napoleon was personally defeated in battle, and the first major loss for the French army in a decade.
D1APr TIL about Apophis (Egyptian god of death and darkness), an asteroid that will pass earth closer than our own satellites orbit on Friday 13th, 2029. It will touch our atmosphere, and we will be able to see it wiz overhead. There is a debated chance of it impacting Earth when it returns in 2036.
0waDN TIL A medieval French soldier climbed up a toilet into a besieged castle to let his army in. King John of England had specifically requested that toilet be installed for personal use during church services. The castle’s fall led to English loss of Normandy and the signing of the Magna Carta.
aLxL TIL a stranded Dutch warship, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island.