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TIL: There are 3 pages in a play called “Sir Thomas More” that were written by “Hand D.” Hand D is in fact… the only surviving handwriting of William Shakespeare.

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8VYX TIL In WWII The Soviet Airforce had an all women’s bombing division. They flew outdated airplanes (which had no parachutes) in the cover of night behind enemy lines, turning off their engines, they would drop their bombs. They were nicknamed “Night Witches” by Nazi’s and did 8-10 missions daily.
rRBbo TIL that a fully-preserved dinosaur tail, still covered in delicate feathers, was found. It is 99 million years old.
1KXD TIL Ants can get caught in a circular pheromone trail, so that the whole colony pinwheels forever until they die.
e0JlE TIL that mango and avocado seeds do not survive freezing or drying and are called recalcitrant, as opposed to orthodox seeds that can survive for hundreds of years just fine, like legumes.
NYQ1 TIL Sean Bean dies 32% of the time per film. Bean is tied with only Bela Lugosi for the most deaths per screen appearance.