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TIL the crew aboard the USS midway pushed $10 million worth of helicopters into the sea to allow a Cessna full of evacuees to safely land

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KOlJ9 TIL Deep-Sea Gigantism is the tendency for species to be larger than their shallower-water relatives. Proposed explanations include: scarcer resources; greater pressure; and colder temperatures.
x6k5b TIL after the death of Larry Hillblom on 1995, several children and their mothers from across South East Asia claimed he was their father. As no DNA from Larry was available due to him dying in a plane crash, the probate court searched for claimants with shared DNA
LlMV TIL crows recognise human faces and hold grudges against ones they do not like.
woPXE TIL there is a statue of Ronald Reagan in Budapest Hungary
epP5k TIL about the Returning soldier effect: a phenomenon which suggests that more boys are born during and immediately after wars.