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TIL That the worlds biggest helicopter can carry a plane

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Oo6Q4 TIL Of Jeanne De Clisson, a 14th century Pirate Queen who took to the seas out to get revenge on the French king for executing her husband. She sold her estates and raised an army, raiding French ships with no mercy. She had 3 ships; they were painted black and their sails were red.
mWmy TIL Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane was booked on the first plane that hit the World Trade Centre on 9/11 but missed the flight by 10 minutes because his travel agent wrote the wrong time on his itinerary.
ZpGmY TIL about Father John Huddleston, a priest who helped King Charles II escape England when the King was 21 years old and was also the priest to hear the King's confession and conversion to the Catholic Church on his deathbed
LkYEd TIL that 90% of Americans support the inscription "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins.
ewVn TIL the person Douglas Adams described in his book as the “worst poet in the universe” actually exists.