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TIL Soviet pilots delivered MiG-29 fighter jets to Yugoslavia wearing suits and ties, because they had to go back on a civilian flight, and there was no place for luggage.

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KKJQ TIL in an episode of his show “Triumph of the Will” comedian Kenny Hotz successfully rallied the Jewish community in Toronto to finance and build a Mosque for Muslims as a token of peace between the two cultures.
XE5Vr TIL Cloudflare uses a wall of lava lamps to generate truly random encryption keys for their networks. Every detail about photos of the lava lamps are turned into completely unique and unpredictable strings of characters
yQ9rJ TIL that after his arrest, numerous stars came out to speak in support of Paul Reubens, including Bill Cosby, who said "Whatever (Reubens has) done, this is being blown all out of proportion."
DY7V TIL There are only 77 registered hand guns in Japan. The US has approximately 114 MILLION.
Y7P8P TIL of the Brown Snake Eagle. It is specially adapted to target a variety of venomous snakes such as the puff adder, and has even been known to prey upon fully grown black mambas.