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TIL Tilda Swinton comes from one of the oldest family lineages in Scotland, and she can trace her family history back to the 9th century.

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R9G1 TIL that the Wright Brothers achieved flight in a plane that cost roughly $1,000 to build. In the race to fly, they beat Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian, who failed to achieve a successful flight, despite having $50,000 of government funding put toward his attempts.
9YwPD TIL: Mary Jo Kopechne asked Ted Kennedy for a ride back to her hotel from the party. But she left her purse and hotel key at the party.
OoQBg TIL that the Navajo weren't the only American code talkers during World War II. 14 Comanche code talkers landed on Normandy on D-Day. Their coded name for "Adolf Hitler" was "crazy white man."
9YGKX TIL Sesame Street briefly featured a muppet named Don Music, a composer who frequently banged his head against his piano. After numerous complaints from parents that children were copying his behaviour, the character was retired
DG1P TIL Henry Ford was an honorary Nazi and his first company later became Cadillac