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TIL that the braille bible carried by Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli would have to be over a meter thick, assuming it was only the new testament.

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Xxd8 TIL test pilot Thomas W. Attridge, Jr. shot himself down while testing the F-11 Tiger. After firing a short burst at 13,000 ft, Attridge accelerated into a dive and leveled off to fire another burst at 7,000 ft where he was struck by the bullets he’d fired earlier.
kJav4 TIL It takes more than 4 million average-sized farts a year to generate enough biogas to power a large-sized home.
BgwVx TIL how devastating windows are to birds
YLmx TIL there was a crossover episode of Cops and the X-files called X-cops. Started off like a normal episode of Cops and then things got weird
0w8N5 TIL National Geographic hires an archivist who has worked by himself in the magazine office basement for over 30 years. He has handled hundreds of thousands of photographs and is responsible for about eight million images in the vintage collection