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TIL - An sr71 Blackbird once flew from LA to Washington DC in 64 minutes. Average speed of the flight: 2145mph.

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grbPX TIL that in the 1700s, a Swedish king had his pet lion stuffed after it died but the taxidermist had never seen a lion before, so the result was hilariously inaccurate. The lion is still on display at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden.
Z8x0v TIL of Peter O'Connor, an Irish Olympian forced to compete under Great Britain due to a rule change. Unhappy with this, he smuggled in a green Irish flag and proceeded to scale Britain's flag pole during the award ceremony. He waved his flag at the top while his teammate guarded the bottom.
kJLam TIL in post-Independence Argentina, turpentine enemas were given to political dissenters as a form of punishment
vPX7B TIL that in 1883, the tiny community of Lijar in Spain declared war against France for insulting the Spanish king. They declared peace 1983 after negotiating a peace treaty, and no actual fighting ever took place.
YpGZG TIL Leonardo da Vinci observed a relationship between the areas of tree trunks and branches that has been validated by current studies of many species, and has multiple theories explaining the relationship