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TIL That the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen, an X-Files spin off, featured a government conspiracy to stage a terrorist hijacking of a 747 and fly it into the world Trade Center. The episode aired in March of 2001.

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e0Da4 TIL the arrow symbol (→) is a rather recent invention. The first arrow symbols were used sporadically in the 18th century and arrow symbols only became widely used in the late 19th century. Pointing hand symbols (☞) were used for centuries before the arrow symbol was invented.
WkbXd TIL Barbra Streisand has built a shopping mall in the basement underneath her house, unstaffed and she stocks it with things she buys herself. Need a gift for a friend, she ‘shops’ for it in her own private mall.
VBLOD TIL 50 years ago, a modified prototype of the Concorde supersonic jet was used to follow a solar eclipse for 74 minutes, a record that still stands today.
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VMnGD TIL When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property there. It was illegal for black people even to move to the state until 1926.