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TIL only 3 countries use heavy/strategic bomber aircraft today: Russia, USA, and China.

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Br5AL TIL that Louisiana is the state with the highest average number of sexual partners per person, with an average of 15.7; the National average is 7.7.
yQl18 TIL Bill The Butcher (Gangs of NY) was head of the Bowery Boys gang who's territory was Bowery street today. Mostly made up of firefighters literally fighting other gangs to have control over putting out fires. Fights between gangs would often break out and the fires were sometimes never put out.
rRPge TIL that Elton John was considered for the role of Harold in the 1971 film Harold and Maude. The director also wanted him to do the soundtrack, which ended up being composed by Cat Stevens.
OGga TIL there’s a japanese company named Cyberdyne that invented a strength augmenting robotic exoskeleton. They named it HAL.
9wdaM TIL: That the story of Robert Heft, the high schooler who is credited to have designed the US flag with 50 stars, is a likely a made up story