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TIL that the U.S. Air Force successfully deployed a reconnaissance drone capable of Mach 3.3... almost fifty years ago

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XEPQ6 TIL Contrary to popular lore, there was no epidemic of suicides in the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. One contemporary reference to the myth was written by a British reporter who had been very badly burned in the market himself, the reporter’s name was Winston Churchill.
JwEk TIL The longest jail sentence handed down in the United States was 11,200 years, with charges ranging from rape, to kidnapping, larceny, and robbery.
wrm6 TIL the pilot episode of LOST was so expensive (~$14 million) that the network president was fired for green-lighting it
6kZm TIL there’s a part of Canada that has black bears, grizzly bears, AND polar bears.
pY8e TIL that the social security numbers of deceased individuals are public records. Richard Nixon’s was 567-68-0515.