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TIL There is an Amusement Park That Lets You Drive Construction Equipment in a Giant Sandbox

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wLYYM TIL that when the NFL football team Seattle Seahawks invited a retired 4 star general to their facility, Seattles head coach Pete Carroll blitzed him with questions about whether the 9/11 attacks “had been planned or faked” by the government.
oQ6R TIL of the North American X-15, a rocket plane from the 1950’s that achieved the manned airspeed record in 1967 when William J. “Pete” Knight flew it 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h).
0n6v TIL that in 2013, engineers at Caltech developed a self-healing microchip that can compensate for damage to its transistors
9wbDp TIL that World War II, which lasted 6 years and resulted in the deaths of over 75 million people, is a thing!
jQON TIL legendary English comedian Benny Hill earned a 7 figure salary yet never owned a home, didn’t buy a car, rarely purchased new clothes and always bought cheap foods in supermarkets.