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TIL The Mexican Airforce no longer operates any combat jets.

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P1pKe TIL that the cover art of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album also features Paul, George, and Stu Sutcliffe as the blurry figures walking by. The photo was taken during their Hamburg days.
p6jG TIL: An Electrical Engineer once named his five children Electron, Positron, Neutron, Deutron and Proton. One of those children is Doctor Electron Kebebew who is a leading cancer researcher and top earning civil-servant in the US.
5YrOk TIL An elderly man in China tried to buy a train ticket using currency not in circulation since 1949. He wanted to pay for a train ticket costing 12.5 yuan with a 500 yuan banknote and was informed his 1943 note is no longer legal tender. They are now worth over $100
ZpZ5a TIL that in 1967, Australian prime minister Harold Holt disappeared whilst swimming in the sea, something he loved to do, never to be seen again.
GANGg TIL that Kenny Rogers was singing at a private event of a hedge fund manager and asked to repeat 'The Gambler's over and over, being offered additional pay per song. After a dozen times and having earned $4 million, he refused to sing.