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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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47Zw TIL That in 2012 a cat named Orlando beat top investment bankers in a year long investment competition, which he chose by throwing his favorite mouse toy at a grid to select companies to invest in
gKRy TIL there’s a day in the Netherlands called “rokjesdag”, which translates to skirts day. That’s the day in spring all girls are suddenly wearing skirts. This day is an invention of writer/columnist Martin Bril.
QNMrp TIL it took ~400,000 years following the Big Bang for the Universe to cool down enough to allow atoms to form
MenmV TIL PEZ candies were originally peppermint flavored, shaped round and called 'PEZ drops.' The name PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint, “PfeffErminZ” taking the P from the first letter, E from the middle and Z from the last letter to form the word PEZ.
oBoWK TIL that when you have something on the tip of your tongue, but all you can think of is that similar (but not the desired) fact, those intrusive thoughts are called "Ugly Sisters".