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TIL that Boeing made a top secret spy plane named the "Bird of Prey" after the Klingon starship in "Star Trek"

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AD1Go TIL that self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions can occurre and already have occured in nature.
VMnLm TIL that in the entire history of mankind it is estimated that there have been 3,000,000 shipwrecks. We have explored less than 1% of them. The Battle of the Atlantic alone, which spanned nearly six years during World War II, claimed over 3,500 merchant vessels, 175 warships, and 783 submarines.
9lo6 TIL The inventors of bubble wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make 3D wallpaper.
ZAvp TIL A female shorebird was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand—without taking a break for food or drink.
loY11 A solar storm this week will heighten the Earth’s auroras, making the stunning northern lights visible to the northern-most parts of the United States.