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TIL about the "Super Guppy," an oddly-shaped, massive plane designed for transporting really really large cargo (rocket parts). Five were built, and they look kind of like flying beluga whales.

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9YeWm TIL about the Freedom Summer Murders, where 3 Civil Rights workers were abducted and killed by local law enforcement. Despite sufficient evidence, the state of Mississippi refused to prosecute the perpetrators, and some were only convicted of Civil Rights violations and served little time in prison
jNMvE TIL that the man who first proposed the Big Bang theory was a Catholic Priest
Rav7 TIL That having older brothers increases a male’s chance of being homosexual
ROL4 TIL Kyle Macdonald bartered his way from one red paperclip to a house in 14 online trades
VBG44 TIL the Forest Preserves of Cook County (est. 1914) holds more than 70,000 acres of land making it the oldest and largest preserve system of its kind in the United States.