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TIL that in 2010 a man bypassed security at the Newark Airport to kiss his girlfriend goodbye. The entire terminal was shut down for 7 hours and the man became known as “Airport Romeo.”

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XELQQ TIL if a hermit crab finds a bigger shell, it tries it on for size and If it’s too big, it waits as other crabs try it on. The crabs begin to form a chain, according to size, so when a crab comes along that fits the shell, all the crabs can take over the next largest shell and get new homes.
5YEBr TIL that as part of their "armed neutrality" policy, Switzerland strongly considered building nuclear weapons and acquired 10 tons of uranium in the early 1960s, with plans to make up to 100 bombs
OGJQ7 TIL that Morzillo, the horse Hernán Cortes rode in the conquest of Tenochtitlan, was worshipped as a thunder deity by a nearby tribe for over a century
O0k1 TIL there is something called the 1% rule: 99% of people online lurk while only 1% actively upload content.
nAJr TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time.