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TIL Honda revealed the shape of the B2 Bomber weeks before the government declassified it, in a car advertisement.

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jGbj TIL that on veteran BBC reporter John Simpson’s first day on the job, he was punched in the stomach by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
JYlKm TIL that in 1925 a huge Citroën advertisement was built on Eiffel tower, a total of 250,000 light bulbs and 600 kilometres of electric cable were used to make the 30 metre high letters, It was there until 1934.
vPy5r TIL that Rick Moranis, Martin Short, and Robin Williams were all considered to play the lead role in The Mask (1994). Director Chuck Russell picked Jim Carrey after seeing him on the sketch comedy show "In Living Color", but Nicolas Cage and Matthew Broderick were also kept in consideration.
WKZY TIL that archaeologists have found the remains of what appears to be a family group of 12 Neanderthals in Spain who were killed, butchered, and cannibalized by other humans about 42 000 years ago.