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TIL that the Top Gun movie (1986) contained no footage of the actors in the air because they all vomited while shooting.

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VBL48 TIL that the inclusion of women in clinical research did not become law until 1993.
XEAw6 TIL that a Radio DJ played Wham's ‘Last Christmas’ 24 times in a row, after barricading himself in the studio
X049r TIL that the colony of Eider Ducks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England were the subject of one of the first ever bird protection laws, established by Saint Cuthbert in the year 676.
LQgrQ TIL The White Australia Policy messed with one of the first major oil spills
NXjvJ TIL that Graf Zeppelin, the first zeppelin to cross the Atlantic, devoted about 30% of its total gas volume to non-lifting synthetic gas. It was used as fuel in combination with diesel to power the dirigible.