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TIL about the BAC Three-Eleven, a proposed widebody airliner that would have competed with the Airbus A300.

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Wk0ed TIL the non-canonical "infancy gospel of Thomas" describes Jesu's childhood life. According this,Jesus cursed a boy and caused his death at the age of one,killed another kid just for bumping into him and blinded his neighbours for complaining to his parents
kJWE TIL: If you zoom all the way in on the White House in Google Maps, you can get a virtual tour!
W7XdL TIL the oldest recorded prisoner was an Australian convict named Billy Wallace who died in July 1989, a month away from being 108.
7ryOL TIL America made bat bombs during World War II. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached.
XPJR TIL all knots reduce the strength of the rope in which they are tied, generally by 20% to 40% of the unknotted strength.