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TIL that the New York Times researched and published biographies for every victim of 9/11 they could find.

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G884 TIL that in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” a character recognizes a woman’s handwriting by saying “Her c’s, her u’s, and her t’s!”, subtly spelling out the word “cunt” (“and” = n), hence the next line, “And thus she makes her great p’s!” (“pees”)
ENQd TIL If a Helicopter’s engines fail midair they use a state of flight called ‘autorotate’, which allows them to land safely. This system uses air going up towards the main rotors as the chopper is falling; causing the main rotors to spin and generate enough lift for a controlled emergency descent.
69RA8 TIL There are only two known videos of Jimi Hendrix playing an acoustic guitar
4Q1g TIL if a lamb dies, you can dress another lamb with its skin and the mother of the dead lamb will accept it.
oBYPL TIL that the upvote button colour’s is literally called “orangered” because it is both