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TIL Space Shuttle Columbia and Enterprise were initially fitted with ejection seats borrowed from the SR71

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69BYW TIL some antennas are disguised to look like local foliage, for aesthetic purposes
XE1B6 TIL: NPR CarTalk Tom Magliozzi's grave stone has "It's not hard work that killed him" inscribed in Latin.
1Ykr TIL that Marlon Brando refused his Oscar for The Godfather as a show of support for the native Americans in the film industry.
9g5G TIL that the inventor of the first ever video game also helped to invent the first nuclear bomb.
b9YrN TIL: The average NFL career lasts about three years; nearly 80 percent of players are bankrupt within three years of retirement.