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TIL: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2021 used about 400,000 cubic feet of helium.

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X0pY6 TIL that Toronto's Yonge-University subway line carries over 670,000 people on an average weekday; which is nearly twice the total number of people who ride the 8 lines of the Chicago "L".
Wjl9 TIL of Jury Nullification, the “secret” right for juries to find technically-guilty defendants in criminal cases Not Guilty, because the law they’re accused of violating is perceived by the jurors as unjust. Even knowing it exists as an option will likely prevent you from ever serving on a jury.
lAPr TIL that between 1977 and 1979, New Zealand offered scenic Antarctic flights. They stopped when one plane crashed into an Antarctic volcano killing all 257 people on the flight. The wreckage still remains at the crash site.
4E9R TIL Freddy Mercury took Lady Di to a gay bar…
yV0xe TIL the ex-president of Argentina Carlos Menem was raised as a Muslim, but later converted to Roman Catholicism to pursue a political career.