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TIL About The Red Baron's Rules of Engagement – Eight Surprisingly Simple Air Combat Tricks Used to Conquer the Skies

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P1b8G TIL that after scoring the winning goal in the 1993 League Cup final, Arsenal player Steve Morrow fell off the shoulders of teammate Tony Adams. The fall broke Morrow’s arm and he missed the rest of the season
woEP TIL a good amount of Bermuda and the Caribbean islands’ land is “African dust”: soil particles that have flown clear across the Atlantic Ocean in dust storms
DQE0D TIL orcas can get dehydrated
ADZKl TIL that Hummingbirds are the only known species of bird that can fly backwards
VBgZ0 TIL the chief medical examiner of LA county, who performed most of the high profile celeb autopsies in the 60's, was forced to resign after allegations that on hearing the news of RFK being shot, he was seen dancing in his office, saying "i'm going to be famous, i hope he dies"