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TIL That 80% of Lightning Strike Victims are Male
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TIL in 1990 the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set a speed record when it travelled from LA to Washington DC in a bit over an hour, with an average speed of 2,144 mph.
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TIL almost all airplane seats are blue because physcologists discovered that the color helps to calm anxiety and relieve fear, which makes the plane ride more comfortable for many people.
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TIL that there is a broom closet inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex labelled "Stargate Command" in reference to the fact that the bunker was the fictional setting of the TV show "Stargate SG-1."
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TIL from 1911 to 1967 the United States Postal Savings System took deposits for consumers and gave up to 2.5% return on savings.
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TIL Eminem repeated the 9th grade 3 times before dropping out of school