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TIL of the 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg; an entire city woke up to spheres, cylinders, and a giant black spear fighting in the sky.

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5VnLR TIL females can naturally produce breast milk without ever being pregnant
M9d0 TIL that a group of Oregon lawmakers rickrolled the state legislature in 2011. Each person incorporated one line into their speech.
4X65J TIL of Rudloe Manor, the UK's own Area 51. For years, the RAF’s secret service worked in underground tunnels and chambers beneath the manor on UFO investigations. It's existence was consistently denied by the MOD, but in 2007, during a release of declassified files, it was finally confirmed.
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Z81Qa TIL Following the first successful powered flight in 1903, the Wright Brothers took their invention to a cautious War Department, who were skeptical due to past false claims. Incensed that their good word was not accepted, and worried about weak patent laws, the Wrights hid their invention away.