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TIL that John Marston is real

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X0ZlQ TIL the SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial navigation system, a special camera pointed at the sky. Its "blue light" source star tracker could see stars day and night and “was good enough to limit drift to 1,000 ft (300 m) off the direction of travel at Mach 3.”
M7EQ8 TIL that some people are genetically gifted in that they can sleep for as little as 4 hours without suffering from daytime sleepiness or other consequences of sleep deprivation
EgDVw TIL that the blue jay can be beneficial to other birds, as it may chase predatory birds and will scream if it sees a predator within its territory. It has also been known to sound an alarm call when hawks or other dangers are near, and smaller birds often recognize it and hide.
YpVAB TIL that Bono paid $1,500 to have a hat transported from London to him in Italy by taxi and in the cockpit of a British Airways flight.
dD8vZ TIL 1931 Best Picture nominee Trader Horn, the first non-documentary filmed in Africa, had one crew member eaten by a crocodile, another stampeded by a rhinoceros, and the lead actress suffered a career ending illness