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TIL The first military plane ever was used in 1909 and had 40 hp.

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X0Bx8 TiL that the backing vocals on Paul Simon's song "Graceland" are performed by The Everly Brothers.
0BKA TIL in 2004, a Wal-Mart was built on a section of Teotihuacan. Ancient artifacts were shipped off to dumps by workers who found them on the site.
ep6y6 TIL sonar is lethal. At 235 decibels, the vibrations can rupture your lungs and cause brain hemorrhaging.
E19LP TIL that New Mexico was not named after the nation of Mexico, but rather after the Aztec Valley of Mexico...in 1563, more than 250 years before Mexico became a nation.
ZplZv TIL that the first panty tree first took root in the late 1970s in Aspen, Colorado and started as a protest against the first female ski patroller that then spiraled out of control.