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TIL The second largest Air Force in the world is the US Navy
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TIL that a pilot was sucked out of the cockpit of a passenger jet. A crew member held on to his body until landing, at which point they discovered he had survived.
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TIL that July 12th is arguably the birthday of England, as it was on 12 July 927 that King Athelstan's overlordship of the Kingdom of York was recognized, making him the first ruler of all the territory of what we now know as England
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TIL that there's a city in Egypt called "6th Of October"
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TIL: When the Norse vikings sailed for America in the 11th century, they fully expected (and hoped) to find a race of monsters to fight. Instead, they found the indigenous peoples. Disappointed at finding no real monsters, the Norse (known for being tall) called them Skræling, or pygmies.
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TIL pistol silencers aren’t too silent. They certainly sound nothing like they do in nearly every movie that uses one.