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TIL that Captain America actually "took part" in the Second World War since the character was used as propaganda to motivate people into buying war bonds

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WkwQd TIL the Mi-26 (Halo) is the world's largest helicopter to have gone into series production. It is over 26 feet in height, 131 feet in length, and its 8 rotors are nearly 50 feet long. It can hold 90 people.
M7X7b TIL that all of the gold ever discovered by humankind would fit in a cube that is only 22 meters wide on every side.
awpd0 TIL that, when asked to investigate the space shuttle Challenger disaster, Richard Feynman wrote a very critical report about NASA's safety policy concluding: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
e0PD4 TIL that cousins whose parents are identical twins share 25 percent of their DNA, instead of the normal 12.5 percent. While siblings share 50 percent of their DNA, half-siblings share 25 percent. That's why, though children of identical twins are legally cousins, they are genetically half-siblings
KYNYR TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.