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TIL the U.S. Air Force is the world's largest air force, while the U.S. Navy is the world's second largest air force

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yVJre TIL during the gulf war an American F-15 dropped a bomb through an enemy helicopter that was attacking friendly forces
M7DwA TIL After flying into Earth orbit in Apollo 7, Donn Eisele and his crew never went to space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unknown to everyone, Eisele wrote a detailed memoir that was only discovered and published after his death
m5vo TIL Samuel L. Jackson was mentored in his early career by Morgan Freeman
jN97E TIL dung beetles are so useful from their diet, Australia imported 43 different species of them to combat a rise in intestinal worms, bush flies, and grazing land being ruined because of non-native cows.
l7LnA TIL in the 1970s, Tuariki Delamere attempted to long jump with a somersault technique, that could've set new records, but it was banned for safety reasons.