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TIL that there have been 20 documented losses of the SR-71 spy plane

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YpRnA TIL in WWII German command ordered encircled US troops in Bastogne to surrender, to which Gen Anthony McAuliffe replied simply: NUTS! When Col Joseph Harper delivered the message to the German commander, the commander asked what the message meant. Harper replied, "In plain English? Go to hell."
4k81g TIL Disney has a company town called Lake Buena Vista, Florida that acts as the mailing address for the company.
lEZK TIL Saddam Hussein had an entire Quran written with his blood. Islamic authorities don’t know what to do with it now, as it is a sin to write a Quran with blood and also a sin to destroy a Quran.
B5Zy TIL there are 19869 airports in the United States - the most in the world. Canada is next with 1845
1aRZV TIL the Netherlands government will subsidize sex from prostitutes for disabled citizens.