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TIL that it is still possible to lease a rotary phone from AT&T

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x6bAg TIL: Open Skies is an international treaty signed by 34 nations which allows member states to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over any part of each others territory.
y1O8 TIL of the Havasupai people, a Native American tribe who have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 800 years.
d8AbZ TIL of the International Hair Freezing Contest, a sculpted hair competition held at a resort in the Takhini Hot Springs, Canada. The annual competition involves participants sitting in a hot spring and sculpting their wet hair in cold temperatures. The first place prize is $700 dollars.
jNerj TIL about the concept of 'invented tradition', in which something believed or touted to be ancient is actually modern, such as ancestral Scottish clan-tartans, which are actually a 19th-century creation.
plBZ TIL Alaska Airlines once delayed a flight to Hawaii by 25 minutes so that their passengers could witness a total solar eclipse over the Pacific Ocean.