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TIL about the business of “Adversary Air Support” in which a contractor has their own fleet of fighter jets that fly against U.S. military fighter pilots, replicating aerial threats from potential enemy nations.

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6ERWw TIL the first generation of Mexican drug smugglers were Chinese-Mexican opium farmers from Sinaloa
MeGkW TIL that during Rock Springs Massacre in 1885 a mob of white coal miners in Wyoming attacked Chinese miners, many of whom they burned alive. Others were “scalped, mutilated, branded, decapitated, dismembered, and hanged,” killing at least 28. Sixteen men were arrested, but none were indicted.
ZkeY TIL Mormons believe that the United States Constitution is a divinely inspired document.
8ea5G TIL In England there are original thatched rooves, having not been replaced, dating back to the 14th Century.
5Y6KD TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.