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TIL that an estimated one in four cowboys were black.

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EgbpX TIL that in 1845, the screw-driven HMS Rattler proved the superiority of screw propellers over paddle wheels by winning a 100-mile race against the paddle-driven HMS Alecto. Rattler then towed Alecto backward at almost 3 knots in a tug-of-war, leading to the rise of screw propulsion in ship design.
GYl5N TIL Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, from the Apollo 17 mission, had a severe allergy to moon dust.
KYrr9 TIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force song
ADeLx TIL that during development of the first anime, the author of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa, allowed the anime staff to work independently from her and requested a different ending from the manga. She was amazed by the staff’s interpretations of the villains and homunculi.
LQvo9 TIL that there are designer hotels…