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TIL that a single helmet for the Air Force’s new F-35 fighter costs over $400,000

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Me97m TIL that President Nixon was actually against the idea of Amtrak. The only reason he signed the 1970 Railpax legislation, bringing it into existence, was because the congressional aides that drafted it told him Amtrak wouldn't survive for more than 5 years.
e8VD TIL The original version of the American Pledge of Allegiance did not include the line “[…] one Nation, under God[…]”, which was added in 1954.
dDNMr TIL that athletes ran in a clockwise direction in the 1896,1900 & 1904 Olympics. It changed to counter clockwise in the 1908 London Olympics after athletes complained of discomfort.
QJZe TIL that a contestant on The Price Is Right dropped three chips into the Plinko board which all landed in the $10,000 slot, because fishing lines used to rig the game were accidentally left in after an advertisement was taped.
Mo1K TIL during the 1992 Olympics the USA men’s basketball team held a private scrimmage with some of the best players to ever play in the NBA. Michael Jordan later said it was “the best game I was ever in”. Because there is no known recording it is now referred to as “The Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw”.