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TIL “Roger Wilco” means “Received, Will Comply”

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W7jKX TIL that women's restrooms have a little trash can in each stall so that people don't flush feminine products and clog up the toilets
epEJE TIL the first commercial airplane crash that killed more than 100 people happened in 1956 over the Grand Canyon. A Douglas DC-7 hit a Lockheed Super Constellation and crashed into a ravine slope at over 480 mph, while the Lockheed disintegrated into a cliff. All 128 people on the planes died.
5Y65D TIL BMW drifted a M5 for 232.5 continuous miles, which included a stuntman refueling the car from a tandem-drifting tanker.
gr5BA TIL the FBI has an entire catalogue of times they witnessed and recorded UFOs.
ayy0 TIL that in preparation for a state visit by Nicolae Ceausescu, Elizabeth II ordered the guest rooms of Buckingham Palace be stripped of valuables for fears that they’d be stolen. She later described the visit as the worst three days of her life