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TIL that a hypersonic vehicle exists that demonstrated a stable aerodynamically-controlled flight at speeds of up to Mach 20.

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DabJ TIL Laurence Fishburn lied about his age to get the role in Apocalypse Now. He was 14 at that time and the character he portrayed was 17 years old. Filming took so long that he was 17 by the time they were done filming the movie.
yQXR8 TIL - Tress are being genetically modified to grow faster and withstand frost in an effort to provide renewable energy.
R7ek6 TIL the shape of a lawn mowers blade creates lift which forces the grass to stick up, making it much easier to be cut by the next blade
pBRO TIL that camels don’t store water in their humps. They store fat, and tapping those reserves actually causes a net loss of hydration. They can survive for so long in the desert because of their ovular blood cells, relatively dry urine and feces, and nostrils that recycle water vapor
VBLN0 TIL Ryan Gosling was in a two-piece gothic rock band called Dead Man's Bones. The other half of the duo was producer Zach Shields.