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TIL That Rolls Royce never disclosed the horsepower for their Silver Shadow and advertised it as “adequate.”

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kOLj1 TIL at least 749 American servicemen were killed in England, April 1944, during large-scale rehearsals for D-Day. Rumoured 450 friendly fire deaths were followed the next day with 749 deaths by attacking E-boats. The incident was under the strictest secrecy and was only nominally reported afterwards
Wx1L TIL actor Peter Mayhew had a choice of playing Darth Vader or Chewbacca in Star Wars. He chose Chewbacca because he wanted to play a hero.
8Or4 TIL Michael Jordan had a “love of the game” clause in his contract, allowing him to play basketball against anyone, anytime and anywhere.
8ldK TIL a full suit of plate armour weighs less than a modern fire fighters oxygen gear
8emeK TIL the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope are so smooth that if you stretched out the mirror to the size of the U.S., the largest bump would be no more than 2 inches