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TIL machine guns mounted on early propeller aircraft had to be timed to fire bullets through the spinning blades without hitting them

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xVeWw TIL that on March 13th, 2007, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution stating that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican skies. The Illinois Senate passed a similar resolution in 2009.
P1LYg TIL when the Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, the bill was given the identifier "H.R. 1776."
Y4lx TIL of the term “Steatopygia” which refers to the genetic trait most notably found in African women that causes them to have large posteriors.
x4g7 TIL the Voyager missions were launched when they did to take advantage of a unique planetary arrangement that allowed flight time to Neptune to be reduced from 30 years to 12. This alignment occurs every 175 years.
loNON TIL that after the John Amery was hanged for treason against the United Kingdom, his father Leo Amery requested that his own entry in Who's Who be changed from two sons to one