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TIL: the water speed record hasn’t been broken in over 45 years

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E1POd TIL The Martin-Baker company is the World's largest ejection seat manufacturer, supplying seats for 93 air forces, World wide. They claim to have saved 7567 lives
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PY70e TIL that Ceres, the largest asteroid ever discovered, is also classified as a dwarf planet.
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