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TIL: How to solve a Rubiks Cube in only 9 Minutes

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kJ054 TIL during the cold war NATO conducted an experiment to find the best way to shot down helicopters with their jets, to everyone surprise helicopters proved to be a formidable foe to Jets and managed to get up to a 5-to-1 kill ratio against Jets in close combat.
69MdY TIL Many Southern and Northwestern communities hold "Rattlesnake Round Ups" and name a "Lil Miss Snake Charmer."
xVxRB TIL car trunks got emergency release handles because a middle aged woman and her husband escaped being kidnapped and fought for it until it became a requirement
Q4Be TIL the Man in the Iron Mask existed. He stayed in the mask for 34 years leading to much speculation about his identity and why the king of France would want his face hidden and why he was kept alive instead of executed.
e0RbJ TIL Sherlock Holmes' address, 221B Baker Street, was originally fictional, as Baker Street's numbering didn't go that high. However, street numbers were reallocated in the 1930s, and the building that got Holmes' address had to get a "secretary to Sherlock Holmes" to deal with it.