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TIL The longest wedding veil ever stretched over 63 football fields in length

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dgWB TIL that in 1985, the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore held a youth rap contest. The winner was 14-year-old Tupac Shakur.
enp4 TIL recently bankrupted NFL player Vince Young would routinely spend $5k at chain restaurants like TGI Fridays and Cheesecake Factory.
bAA0 TIL: In the early days of the Space Shuttle program, NASA aimed for 60 launches a year. By the end, the average was only 6.
QvWd TIL Facebook introduced a new newsfeed then cancelled it - the user experience was so good that users no longer spent so much time on Facebook, reducing ad profits.
pYAaN TIL: According to a 2016 study, having a first-class section on an airplane quadruples the chances of an air rage incident. Furthermore, loading economy passengers through first class doubles the chances again.