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TIL It took 100 days to put out the flames of the 9/11 attacks. Everytime a large chunk of debris was moved a rush of oxygen would severely intensify the flames.

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BBXy TIL that in 2001 Steve Buscemi was stabbed in the throat, head, and arm during a barroom brawl. Vince Vaughn was also in the brawl, and was maced and arrested for brutalising one of Buscemi’s attackers.
p8QZ4 TIL Volunteers Livestream ATC Communications for Most Airports for Free!
9d0G TIL that an IAU regulation states that all mountains on Titan must be named after mountains from The Lord of the Rings.
EgYQV TIL No hurricane has ever crossed the equator. Coriolis forces are 0 at the equator, and they are needed to make a storm spin. A wiki page is dedicated to the rare storm that gets within 3°
AK4d TIL Disneyland employees planted an entire forest shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head