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TIL high school sports is something that is unique in the US. In most countries in the world, schools don't have sports teams.

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9YdPm TIL the 1986 film Top Gun was such a success it grossed $356 million USD & US Navy pilot recruitment increased 500%
xdN0 TIL a plane was grounded after a professor was mistook doing math and differential equations for designing a bomb.
awKnL TIL George Michael, the writer and producer of the hit song Last Christmas, died on Christmas day in 2016
0wOo5 TIL a 13-yr study analyzing 17,000 traffic deaths in 12 cities found that cities that had protected bike lanes with physical barriers between bikes & motorized traffic had 44% fewer overall traffic deaths than the average city without them. But painted line bike lanes had no improvement on safety.
kJVee TIL About USS The Sullivans - The first ship in the Navy named after more than one person. It was named after 5 brothers who were killed when their ship was torpedoed in WWII, an event that led to the policy portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. USS The Sullivans itself sunk in 2022 as a museum ship.