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TIL Raye Montague was the first person to design a ship in a computer. In 1971 Montague produced the initial draft for the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in about 19 hours.

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XgoR TIL that the star Betelgeuse, in the constellation Orion, is 500 times bigger and emits 16,000 times more visible light than the Sun. If it were in our solar system, its surface would extend to the orbit of Jupiter.
VBXEB TIL of William Rankin, one of only two people to ever survive falling all the way through a thunderstorm cloud. He would fall for almost 40 minutes while suffering frost bite, welts and other serious injuries
wPeP TIL the world’s oldest joint-stock corporation, the East India Company, was also the longest surviving, spanning 274 years, run by the wealthy merchants, beyond government control, had its own private armies and ruled a sub-continent by means of political and economic subjugation.
PaBV TIL: China has a National Pole Dancing Team
KY88a TIL that Michael Hutchence, the lead singer from INXS, most likely took his own life due to not being able to handle the side effects from anosmia anymore