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TIL In 1903, the New York Times declared that "flying machines" were essentially a waste of time—only a week before the Wright brothers successfully flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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9Yxj7 TIL: A man used his friends bank to cash millions in bad checks and after being caught used what he had left to play blackjack at 30k per hand making up to 8.6 million (enough to pay off the debt and live a millionaire) only to lose it all.
M8Em TIL a guy in northern Bosnia had 5 meteorites hit his house in a year. So statistically unlikely that he claimed aliens were targeting his house. Scientists are now studying the area for magnetic anomaly.
oR7g8 TIL that of the five boxers who defeated Muhammad Ali, four of them including Joe Fraizer were trained by one man, Eddie Futch. Futch would study Ali’s style and devise weaknesses to take advantage of.
PYvMO TIL the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland which killed 10 civilians including elderly attendees was met with such condemnation the IRA apologised for the attack, disbanded the unit responsible and admitted it had made a mistake.
yQxlv TIL That Abigail Adams Sent a Letter to John Adams, A Few Months Before the Declaration of Independence Was Signed, to "Remember the Ladies".