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TIL that fabric from the original 1903 Wright Flyer has orbited the Earth, landed on the Moon, and flown on Mars.

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78Ewr TIL In 1936, Just before the Olympic competitions being held in Berlin,founder of Adidas athletic shoe company Adi Dassler visited Jesse Owens in the Olympic village and persuaded Owens to wear Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik shoes;this was the first sponsorship for a male African American athlete.
nWl8W TIL Female dogs can have a False Pregnancy that mimics the symptoms of real pregnancy, including producing breast milk
jNEAM TIL that the US in WWII produced as much warmaking assets (planes, tanks, ships, etc,) as the USSR, the UK, Japan, and Italy combined
8aRR4 TIL Southwest Airlines flew a plane full of puppies to help them escape from Hurricane Harvey
GRW5 TIL There are people working on a tube style transportation device, like Futurama’s. It is called the ET3 and would hopefully travel from LA to NYC in an hour