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TIL that The Wright Brothers achievement of powered human flight went largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by the American public for years.

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xZvB TIL of Luke Helder, who planted pipe bombs in mailboxes across several US states with the intention of drawing a smiley face across the map. He was caught before it could be finished.
W7elX TIL Cap'n Crunch's real name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
yQ6kV TIL Jeremy Clarkson was fired from "Top Gear" for punching a producer who told him the hotel kitchen was closed.
gMxgL TIL America invaded Russia in 1918 and attacked forced of the Red Army, leading to poor relations for some time between the two nations
kvRW TIL That the Internal Revenue Service doesn’t lawfully exist. Congress never created it. The Dept. of Treasury created it via a Treasury Order, which was cancelled in 2005.