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

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epNjn TIL in 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey.
VZvZ TIL the typical American lives no more than 18 miles from their mom.
l7o9A TIL the "black rat" is of the genus Rattus and species Rattus, making it's official name the Rattus Rattus
Br6Pe TIL The American WWII Bomber Flak Bait survived over 200 missions during WWII and had over 1000 holes from enemy fire during it's service.
WkrQX TIL that during the Victorian era, a newly developed feeding bottle for infants was introduced. Infant moṛtality rates due to these bottles were shocking– only 2 out of 10 infants lived to their 2nd birthday, but parents continued to buy and use them and they earned the name as murdeṛ bottles.