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TIL Peter Jackson owns the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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LRom TIL Years before Kelly Johnson designed the SR-71 Blackbird, he designed an even faster drone called the X-7. It flew over 130 flights and exceeded Mach 4.3, and was developed into the AQM-60 drone. Both were made of Steel.
R7rj TIL that people from Niger are called Nigeriens, whereas people from Nigeria are called Nigerians
X0ZmQ TIL since ancient Latin lacked the letters J and U, Julius Caesar's name would have actually been either “GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR” or “GAIVS IVLIVS CAIVS.” The standard abbreviation was “C. IVLIVS CÆSAR,” reflecting the older spelling.
DQ0ng TIL that something like the Yeti really existed : Gigantopithecus
DX5J TIL that a 17 year old survivor of the 2011 Norway attack was arrested, stripped naked and jailed on suspicion of carrying out the attack due to his alleged lack of emotion upon being rescued. He was released after the police discovered he was a traumatized survivor of the Chechen war.