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TIL that US military flyovers don't impose extra costs, as the military just incorporates the event into training exercises that needed done anyway

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0d6OM TIL That The Jones Act of 1920 Decimated Movement of Goods on US Waterways (The Cheapest Regional Method By 10x)
VMgAk Nasa astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly no longer genetically identical after space trip.
wL6Go TIL that Aegilops (a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family; types of goatgrass) is the longest English word with letters arranged in alphabetical order.
pOdA TIL of James Allan Ward. In WW2, the right wing of his Wellington bomber was set afire by a german fighter. He took a canvas cover, crawled onto the wing in mid-flight and put the fire out. His plane landed safely back in Great Britain.
Brjgd TIL the concept of the Hogwart’s houses in the Harry Potter series, was difficult to communicate for translators of foreign editions since in some cultures there was no way of adequately describing the significance of belonging to house or being loyal to one.