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TIL The SR-71 Blackbird’s standard evasive action is to simply accelerate and outfly missiles

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XdxP TIL Humans did not evolve from either of the living species of chimpanzees. Humans and chimpanzees did, however, evolve from a common ancestor. The two modern species (common chimpanzees and bonobos) are humans’ closest living relatives.
kOge1 TIL that most "spider bites" may actually be misdiagnosed MRSA infections
JYGwk TIL that around the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas during the depression, pork and veal offcuts were cheaper than chicken, leading to "city chicken" a breaded stick of pork and veal that was fried up like chicken.
aO8o TIL Pepsi ran a sweepstakes to win $1 billion in 2003, and paid $10 million for insurance against someone actually winning the grand prize.
alRM TIL China has lost control of its first space station. It will be entering Earth’s atmosphere in 2017, and there is a chance that parts of the station could survive the burn, falling to Earth and causing damage or injuring people