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TIL There are still large concrete arrows across the US from the Transcontinental Airway System, which helped pilots prior to radio navigation

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YpDbZ TIL. That during the making of rush hour 2 the secret service confiscated $100m in prop money after filming due to it being so accurate that extras were able to spend it at local buisnesses.
LQ5j9 TIL about LtCol Rankin, who parachuted through a thunderstorm in 1959 when his plane engine died at 47k feet. Due to repeatedly being sucked back into and ejected from the top of the thunderstorm, it took him 40 minutes to reach the ground.
Me9A7 TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica
6oMJ TIL that exists a drum-solo loop known as the “Amen Break” considered one of the most used samples of digital history, you can hear it in the theme song of Futurama and it is the basis of a whole musical genre called Drum and Bass
5pJB TIL that during the 1991 Gulf War, 12 American M1A1 Tanks destroyed 28 Iraqi tanks, 16 personnel carriers, and 30 vehicles in less than 30 minutes.