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TIL Qatar Airways permits one falcon per passenger in the economy cabin, with a maximum of six falcons allowed on any one flight

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Eggx TIL on August 9, 1965, Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, becoming the first and only country to date to achieve independence unwillingly
W7wd9 TIL that it is absolutely dangerous to swallow button batteries, because the battery reacts with bodily fluids and releases a strong alkaline substance which can burn through tissue.
9wVaQ TIL Canada's Territorial Waters are larger than its Exclusive Economic Zone. The former extend only 12 Nautical miles(NM) from the shore, but also include inland marine waters such as Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the internal waters of the Arctic Archipelago. The latter to 200NM
mxJxx TIL the Rolls-Royce Phantom has a layer of foam inside its specially-designed tires, which lowers cabin sound levels by reducing tire cavity noise.
4XX8a TIL the oldest garden that has been tended to continuously is 973 years old, in China, and one of 50 surviving gardens called the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, founded in 6th Century.