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

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9wM96 TIL Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who ruled for over 20 years, often depicted herself in statues and painting with a male body and false beard in order to establish herself in the Egyptian patriarchy.
wodLP TIL - in 1945 a +-million landlords were executed for the crime of being landlords, and the land redistributed to the people. There was no economic/real estate/housing crash. Turns out, landlords are unnecessary.
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EgD4p TIL the US Capitol granite is so radioactive it would not pass a safety check if it were a nuclear power plant