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TIL I learned of an autorotation, a maneuver to stop a falling helicopter during engine failure

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xDND TIL: While UK athletes receive no bonuses from their country for winning Olympic medals German athletes receive a lifetime supply of beer and Belarussians get unlimited sausages.
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wL46P Til that in 1949, the United States planned to targeted 70 Soviet cities with 133 nuclear weapons, of which eight would be dropped on Moscow and seven on Leningrad
lReG TIL that only 2% of the World’s Population has Green Colored Eyes.
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