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TIL that the A-10 Warthog has a dedicated windshield washer fluid reservoir specifically for clearing the canopy of soot and carbon after the cannon is fired. It also has fins under the air frame to redirect gun gasses from being sucked into the engines and starving them of oxygen.

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YapA TIL That when Napoléon I emancipated the Jews he stated “I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country” the Russian Orthodox Church labelled him as the ‘Anti-Christ and The Enemy of God’
YXwx TIL That there are spiders who are social and live in colonies. A single nest was reported to be over 25 feet in length, 6-8 feet wide and 4-5 feet high – perhaps the home to 50,000 spiders.
kD8E TIL, In Europe (1550s), when women were not permitted to sing in church or cathedral choirs in the Roman Catholic Church, boys were castrated to prevent their voices breaking at puberty and to develop a special high voice
1adQ7 TIL Angelo Dundee confessed tightening the ropes of the ring prior to the Rumble in the Jungle fight between Ali and Foreman, which in a sense facilitated Ali's victory.
wooaP TIL all of Oklahoma's "Unassigned Lands" were settled in one day. At high noon on April 22, 1889, approx. 50k settlers lined up, and a starting gunshot was fired. They raced chaotically to claim the lands (taken back from Indigenous tribes), and by the end of the day, nearly 2M acres were claimed