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TIL that Huntsville Hospital has a tram system.

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Brmnr TIL in 1987 Iraq attacked the United States ship USS Stark and killed 37 sailors
BroAW TIL Sir Roger Moore turned fifty-seven during the filming of A View to a Kill, 1985, making him the oldest actor to play Bond. He decided to quit the role afterwards as he realised that he was older than his Bond Girl's (Tanya Roberts') mother.
6E4JX TIL that the famous Macy's red star logo was derived from a tattoo that founder R.H. Macy got on a whaling ship as a teenager.
0wGjv TIL that the Catholic Church didn't pardon Galileo until 1992, when Pope John Paul II admitted Galileo was right, more than 350 years after the condemnation
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