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TIL the reason many U.S army helicopters are named after native-American tribes is because the first U.S air force bases were located on native reserves.

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7eAM TIL Buddy Hollys wife upon hearing on the news of her husbands death had a miscarriage the next day leading authorities to adopt a policy in the coming months not to release victim names till their families have been informed
DQ0p TIL: David Tennant is married to Georgia Moffet. She played the 10th Doctor’s daughter in one episode and is the real-life daughter of the fifth Doctor.
9OBX TIL ACDC has 21 songs with the word “Rock” in the title.
GA70J TIL that during filming of The Passion Of the Christ (2004), Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning, accidentally scourged, had his shoulder dislocated, and suffered from pneumonia and hypothermia.
ba60 TIL of Katinka Hosszu, a Hungarian swimmer who failed to medal at her first two Olympics, got fourth in her third Olympics, and finally at her fourth Olympics won three gold medals