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TIL that SR71A "start carts" exhausted USA's junkyards of 400 cubic inch Buick V8 engines

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b9KBa TIL Western Union stopped its telegram operations on January 27, 2006, reporting that only 20,000 telegrams were sent in 2005 at about $10 per message.
W7x78 TIL the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has a pub onboard that serves beer whilst at sea
OoR6L TIL that American citizens were also transported as convicts to Australia
xVE0B TIL Former guitarist for Blink 182, Tom DeLonge, quit the band to devote more time to his life-long passion; UFOs.
RmKQ TIL Nick Ut, the photojournalist who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Napalm girl” photo during the Vietnam War, put down his camera after taking the shot, rushed the girl to a hospital and forced them to treat her. The girl survived and the two have remained in touch ever since