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TIL Soviet Russia built a flying tank.

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4kEjX TIL the first message on the internet was “lo” (as in, “lo and behold”) sent on October 29, 1969
b6JJp TIL There are filial laws in the USA (state by state) that require adult children to support sick or indigent parents
wL9b1 TIL in 2005 a Utah ski resort launched an artillery shell for avalanche control; the shell sailed completely over the mountain’s summit and landed in a residential backyard.
d8Kjj TIL because of the way bacon was being packaged -- layered so as to emphasize the meaty side of the bacon and make it seem less fatty -- the federal government intervened in 1974 by enacting strict regulations requiring that a "representative slice" be made visible through a "transparent window."
lo1ba TIL Douglas Parkhurst killed a four year old girl in a hit and run accident in 1968, a crime for which he never faced justice. 50 years later, he pushed some kids out of the way of an enraged driver on a baseball field, but was struck and killed himself.