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TIL Lockheed Martin once planned a 6000 tonne nuclear powered aircraft transport which would carry and deploy fighter jets.

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QJAgE TIL Taco Bell has failed twice to expand their operations to Mexico. In 1992, Mexican customers found their tacos too expensive, and in 2010 their expansion restaurant closed because customers were unfamiliar with the menu items.
5Vy6p TIL that Humpback whales have recovered to 93% of their pre-whaling population of 27,000 after being reduced to only about 450 in the mid-1950s.
G585 TIL that India has one of the world’s only No First Use (NFU) nuclear doctrines, which dictates that India will only deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack on India occurring first. Pakistan has an active first use nuclear policy.
KQxR TIL that the translations of Harry Potter preserved the Tom Riddle/I Am Voldemort anagram. To do so, his first name in the Danish is “Romeo”, his middle name in the French is “Elvis,” and his name in Slovenia is “Mark Neelstein.”
Lwnr TIL Kit Harington didn’t know his name was actually Christopher until the age of 11. Having gone by Kit since he was born.