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TIL A RAF maintenance worker accidentally took flight in the fastest jet fighter in the RAF at the time, without a canopy or ejector.

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WZxd TIL: HYDROX is the original and OREO is the knockoff. Sunshine made Hydrox in 1908 and Oreo copied it in 1912, yet Hydrox is perceived as the knockoff. Hydrox cookies have a tangy, less-sweet filling and a crunchier cookie that gets less soggy in milk. Hydrox will relaunch nationally in 2015.
7Var TIL There is an operating system that fits on a floppy disk, and is still being developed for fun
Wk5m9 TIL of the Casio VL-1, which combines a keyboard, a synthesiser, and a calculator. Despite its cheap and unorthodox construction, it became popular among musicians across many genres, from the German band Trio in their 1982 song "Da da da" to C418 in the Minecraft OST.
VvW0 TIL that some bars will paint quarters red and give them to employees so they can put the coins in the jukebox. Since patrons only put money into a jukebox if there is already music playing.
mrGy TIL Danger Mouse and Banksy replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s album with alternate versions that contained a whole number of mockery about her, including fake song names such as, “Why Am I Famous” and “What Have I Done”