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TIL The number of aircraft destroyed during WWII is greater than the number of aircraft that currently exist in the entire world today.

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Mr8A TIL that the 1977 University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Team was killed in a plane crash. One player didn’t make the trip due to an illness. He was killed in a car wreck 2 weeks later.
YOdP TIL of Lisa Montgomery. A woman that strangled a pregnant woman, cut the baby from her womb, then proceeded to show the baby off as her own to her friends and family.
Xwo6 TIL Justin Berfield, better know as Reese from Malcolm in the Middle, is now the Chief Creative Officer of Virgin Produced, Virgin’s production company
0wr0v TIL about the American civil religion- a sociological theory that a quasi-religious faith exists within the U.S, with sacred symbols drawn from national history. Examples of this include the veneration of Washington and Lincoln, war martyrs, and the belief of America being a beacon of righteousness.
VdkG TIL: Since 1995, 7-Eleven has provided more than 6 million coupons to police departments across the country to “ticket” young people “caught in random acts of kindness” dubbed Operation Chill.