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a8NQM TIL that in 1966 an engineer with limited flying experience inadvertently took off in an English fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake
p4l4 TIL the astronauts of Apollo 11 received a per diem of $8 a day for their mission to the moon.
J17Yv TIL that radio broadcasting began in university physics and engineering departments
vPDWD TIL that Warren Buffett (5th richest in the world) started buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 for less than $8 each. Right now, those shares are worth more than $740,000 each. He will finally retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, at the age of 95 years old, at the end of this year.
4Xero TIL of a man named Frank Amodeo who had a plan to become emperor of the world. He owned several private security firms employing 40,000 people, met with Bush in the white-house and regularly worked with intelligence agencies world wide. He was busted for tax fraud and he is currently in prison.