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TIL Hoover’s washing-machine factory built the Sinclair C5; 14,000 were made but only 5,000 sold before production stopped after eight months.

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ADN17 TIL that despite US denial for 26 years, eight members of the Alabama Air National Guard volunteered to pose as Cuban rebel pilots during the Bay of Pigs invasion. Of these 8, 4 were killed when promised air cover never arrived, with two of the pilots dying in a firefight after being shot down.
pOlQ TIL that the right-brain left-brain personality split is only a myth.
VBLPp TIL that birds have a unidirectional, four-stroke respiration system. They have posterior and anterior air sacs that fill the lungs and receive deoxygenated air during each part of the inhale/exhale cycle. This process is highly efficient as it keeps the lungs constantly full of oxygenated air
EGbV TIL that the Queen owns all unmarked swans in open water and that she is the “officially appointed ‘Swan Keeper’ of England.”
DQ47D TIL the average depth of the North Sea is only about 95m (312ft)