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TIL Christopher Nolan says the scene he's most proud of out of his entire filmography is the opening plane scene in 'The Dark Knight Rises'

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R70n6 TIL That in the opening minutes of the gulf war, a completely unarmed US electronic attack plane managed to defeat a latest generation (retired in 2014) French built Iraqi Fighter Plane by maneuvering close to the ground leading to the Iraqi plane impacting the ground trying to pursue.
E1jJw TIL Dr. Seuss attended Oxford but never received a degree from there as he met his future wife, Helen Palmer, who encouraged him to drop out. Helen would commit suicide leaving Dr. Seuss without any children which is where he famously said "You have 'em, I'll entertain 'em".
9w0ZM TIL during the negotiations to end the Spanish-American War, Spain originally rejected the US demand for the whole of the Philippines and wanted to cede only Mindanao or the Sulu Islands. US negotiators responded by proposing to pay $20 million for the whole of the Philippines, which Spain accepted.
MeBlV TIL that Stayfree is owned by Energizer
jAmv TIL a mere 12,000 years ago a species closely related to modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall, weighing around 25kg.