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TIL The Mexican Airforce no longer operates any combat jets.

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9gyX TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity
a8JwJ TIL the rufous treepie, a bird in the raven family, has learned to steal lit candles from a temple in India. The candles use clarified butter for fuel so the treepies fly inside, grab one and fly away. Then they remove the wick and extinguish it before eating it and the butter.
rRbP4 TIL 'Turn On' (1969) was the shortest lived show in TV history, being yanked off the air by some affiliates before it even returned from the first commercial break in the first episode. The creators were paid to never air it again.
MerZK TIL David Bowie's performance of the song Heroes in West Berlin was considered a catalyst to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Upon his death in 2016, the German goverment thanked him for "helping to bring down the wall".
DoNg TIL that a dog in America was sent a subpoena to appear in court as a murder witness but was denied as dogs were not allowed in the courthouse.