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TIL Grimace from McDonald's is an enormous taste bud

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oQ6R TIL of the North American X-15, a rocket plane from the 1950’s that achieved the manned airspeed record in 1967 when William J. “Pete” Knight flew it 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h).
xV8Rk TIL of Matvey Kuzmin, known as 'Lone Wolf', the oldest person to be awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. During WW2, a Nazi battalion paid him to lead them to the rear of Russian defenses. Instead, he led the battalion directly into an ambush. Realizing his betrayal, the Nazis killed him. He was 83.
X07lP TIL: The Constitution made no provision for replacing Vice Presidents who died or departed before finishing their terms. As a result, the office has been vacant for almost 38 years in the nation’s history.
QJVaM TIL King Tutankhamen was born nearly 1,000 years after the Great Pyramids were built.
b94oZ TIL that boomerangs used for hunting are not designed for a curved return flight, but to fly straight and hit their target. Returning boomerangs are at most used to frighten birds into movement.