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TIL the SR-71 BlackBird traveled from New York to London in under 2 hours

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OoV51 TIL In 1924 George Mallory may have been the first person to reach the summit of Everest. He was last seen 800ft from summit but never returned. He carried a picture of his wife with him that he said he would leave at the summit which he did not have when his body was found 75 years later.
4XPEa TIL: That there is internet via Amateur Radio!
vQRj TIL Serbia’s capital has been razed and rebuilt more than 40 times.
8e6r4 TIL most fossil fuels aren't made of dead dinosaurs, but are actually far older than dinosaurs.
p8bYA TIL that Minoru Yamasaki, the architect who designed the original World Trade Center towers had a fear of heights. This fear influenced the design of the buildings which is why the window columns were only 18 inches apart.