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TIL that our sun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature.

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Bgm4L TIL The Thunderbird Diamond disaster occurred in 1982 at Indian Springs AFB in Arizona. Four jets flying in formation dropped down to 100 ft at 400 mph as part of a training session. The lead jet had a malfunction and slammed into the ground and was followed by the other jets. Four officers died.
ZDlQ TIL that several times in the Batman series, the Joker has become temporarily sane. In these brief moments, he has expressed extreme regret for his actions (Also he has killed over 2,000 people)
oERK TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats
mJNP TIL that over the last several years, pig farms have started exploding in the US Midwest, and scientists still aren’t exactly sure why it is happening.
XEvrD TIL about WWII wooden-hauled devil boats. These boats operate in packs and lay barrage after barrage of gunfire and torpedoes instilling fear among Japanese crews even on larger detroyer-class warships