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Til the Great Fire of London Monument has a higher death count then the actual Great Fire of London

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6E89J TIL Henry "light horse harry" Lee was instrumental in helping the United States gain independence from Great Britain. His son Robert E. Lee, led the confederate forces that tried to gain independence from the United States.
yVM1p TIL humans have a gene named "Sonic Hedgehog" that is responsible for shaping the brain & limbs
0xGy TIL in 1947 there was an explosion in Texas City so large, it instantly killed the entire fire dept, knocked airplanes out of the sky, and people eleven miles away fell down.
nRlr TIL in 1973 two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.
5YMJB TIL the worlds biggest airplane by wingspan is the Stratolaunch. The twin-fusalage aircraft with a wingspan of 385ft will serve as an airborne rocket launching pad capable of holding a 550,000 pound payload such as the Pegasus XL rocket and launch it into low earth orbit during flight.