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TIL the shape of the first supersonic airplane, the Bell X-1, was based on the Browning .50 caliber machine gun bullet, which was known to be stable in supersonic flight.

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vyOj TIL There is a professional Indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein.
wGE8 TIL that Richard Burbage (who played Shakespeare’s Richard III) was invited to have sex with one of his admirers. When he arrived, Shakespeare was already there and told Burbage “William the Conqueror came before Richard III”.
epP9J TIL a 2,000-year-old sapphire ring believed to have been owned by Roman Emperor Caligula sold for £500,000 in 2019. The sky blue ring also has an etching on it that's thought to depict Caligula's fourth and last wife, Caesonia.
a87vb TIL the Passemant astronomical clock in Versailles has shown the correct date, time, moon phase, planetary alignment, etc (accounting for leap years ) from 1750 and can display through 9999.
KYE6Q TIL The Magdalen Islands in Canada remained under French control since 1591 when French sailors discovered walrus there and settled. With Native support, the French were victorious against English who wanted to possess the islands and colonization projects were unsuccessful