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TIL that humanity broke the sound barrier as well as mach 2, mach 3, mach 4, mach 5 and mach 6 all from the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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1GN8 TIL that Charles Guiteau chose an ivory handled revolver to shoot President Garfield because he wanted it to look nice when it was put on display in a museum after he used it.
R5Z97 TIL about plank roads. Existing as early as 4000BC they were used to allow foot, animal, and cart/wagon traffic across soft or unstable terrain.
d8rE7 TIL: When Dolly Parton first hosted an annual "Gay Day" at her theme park, Dollywood, the KKK and others threatened her over it. She still gets threats but this hasn't stopped the event.
l7BEG TIL that using yellow and red cards in football to signal a penalty for a player is a fairly recent invention considering the sports age. The first time this system was implemented was at the FIFA World Cup in 1970 in Mexico. In Germany, 2 yellow = 1 red card, was also only implemented only in 1991!
wmV7 TIL that 2014 marks 200 years of peace between the United States and Britain