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TIL the sample used as the iconic intro and riff of Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” was recorded by the guy who plays Dr. “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS.

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vP1XL TIL that self-taught inventor/engineer E. Lilian Todd was the first woman to design and build an airplane, only 3 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. However, she did not pilot the aircraft herself because she was denied a permit.
KEyR TIL that the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein were identical by coincidence. The similarity wasn’t discovered until the two nations competed against each other in the 1936 Olympics.
Zpgvv TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings
jNQpR TIL: QANTAS has transported a spare engine before by attaching it to the wing and making the 747 look like it is imbalanced and has 5 engines
XE19D TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside of Japan