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e07Lk TIL that the U.S. Air Force successfully deployed a reconnaissance drone capable of Mach 3.3... almost fifty years ago
Y8Kx TIL there is a gypsy tribe in India that celebrates death as one of the happiest events in their lives, while treating births as occasions of great grief.
Zw4B TIL that regardless of what service you get your weather information from, almost all of the data comes from the same place. NOAA has the only nationwide weather radar and operates the only weather satellites in the US. It freely distributes it’s information into the public domain.
x6ol5 TIL Servilia's pearl was a black pearl given by Julius Caesar to his favourite mistress. According to Suetonius it was worth 6 million sesterces (approximately $1.5 billion now.)
woEpJ TIL gamer means defender in Teutonic language, so fellow gamers, y'all a bunch of fellow defenders :p Found it while trying to figure out baby names.