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TIL the United States Air Force has airplanes that function as mobile airborne radio and television stations

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m1d4Y TIL: 42% of Americans believe in ghosts and 18% believe they had a paranormal experience according a 2009 Pew Research. In recent years, there has been a rise in Queer Ghost Hunters across several states looking for queer ghosts to record the ghost's stories.
6EwOw TIL of the University of Sydney Pirates. In 1957, a group of 10 students dressed as pirates and boarded the U.S.S. Bennington. They then snuck to the bridge where they proclaimed, over the PA system of the ship, that "The U.S.S. Bennington has been captured by Sydney University pirates!"
yM8v TIL the longest labour in the world was 75 days and the mother had to lie upside down the entire time.
voa8 TIL those scaffolds that cover sidewalks all over NYC are called “Sidewalk Sheds,” long enough to wrap around Manhattan six times and were due to a law passed in 1980 after a 17 year old girl was hit in the head by a falling brick. It created a billion dollar industry with sheds often up for years.
Z87Bo TIL The guy who manipulated the fashion industry to make green the “in” color in 1934 just to sell more Lucky Strike cigarettes is also the guy who made Bacon & Eggs a typical American breakfast!