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TIL That During Operation Desert Storm, an F-15E Successfully targeted and dropped an air-to-ground bomb on a helicopter.

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d8QoB TIL Forty stones outline the original boundary of Washington DC, many of which are forgotten and neglected. This 10-sq mile area was to be the new capital of the United States, proposed by George Washington and assisted in its layout by a free-African American astronomer, Benjamin Banneker, in 1789
PyvV TIL That Pinning A Safety Pin To Your Shirt Was A Symbol Used By Gay Men To Indicate They Wanted To Have Safe Sex.
6ERrW TIL Scientists managed to capture an image of a newborn planet that was still forming in the disk of gas and dust around its star.
x6JwB TIL that the common shower loofah has its “roots” in the Luffa plant. The fruit section of L. aegyptiaca ( Luffa) can be processed, removing everything except the network of xylem fibers. It can then be turned into a kitchen or bath sponge, which is the origin story of the canonical shower loofah.
RWdj TIL of Forest Kindergartens where kids aged 3-6 go to play outside in the forest in the rain, snow, or shine. They develop better mental and physical abilities through all the activities.