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TIL okapis are giraffe’s only living relatives

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oRgYE TIL Old west quick-draw duels, although often romanticized by western movies are actually a myth.
l7GVK TIL TWA flight 800, a Boeing 707, crashed during takeoff in Rome in 1964 after a thrust reverser deployed during it's takeoff roll, causing it to ovverun and hit construction equipment at the end of the runway, killing 49. this is not to be confused with the 1996 crash of TWA 800.
bbya TIL that there are 90 N64 games with the number 64 somewhere in the title.
kwNW TIL The Plasma Television was invented before the Second World War (1936). It’s creator would later go on to invent and design the first automatic, pilotless, aircraft.
8aBOb TIL there are over 1 million penguins who live in the Falkland Island minefields because they're too light to set off the mines