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TIL that Mozart wrote a song called "Lick me in the arse".

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PXXV TIL that physicians within the United States correctly diagnosed 55.3% of easier and 5.8% of more difficult cases
kOWxW TIL about the mobile offshore base (MOB) a proposed idea for a super-massive naval ship for performing military operations where regular land bases are not present.
Lk9Dr TIL sound travels at about 1,080 feet per second in a fog bank. Steamboat captains, rounding off to 1,000 feet for safety, would listen for the echo from their steam whistle to tell how far from shore they were in a fog. An echo heard 1 second after whistle means the boat was 500 ft from shore.
9YxlG TIL Crab mentality is a way of thinking best described by the phrase, "If I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket.
PYNNg TIL We broke the sound barrier before a man summited Mt. Everest. That's a speed exceeding 662 mph, at an altitude of 43,000 feet, in a ROCKET PLANE, four years before a man could climb to 29,029 feet, with the help of a Nepalese sherpa on his 39th birthday.