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TIL in Google earth there is a flight simulator. just press CTRL + Alt + A

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kJQ7g TIL that the ancient Egyptian pyramids weren't built by slaves as commonly portrayed. Instead, they were actually constructed by paid laborers and skilled artisans. These workers were also provided with good food, housing and the best medical care that was available at the time.
9YKGM TIL following his death at the Battle of Little Big Horn, the reputation of General George Custer was rehabilitated by his widow, who spent decades promoting his image as as the "gallant fallen hero amid the glory of Custer's Last Stand".
Wkbbo TIL in a passage referring to people with unique and special abillities, St Augustine, the father of western christianity, praises flatulists: people with such control over their bowels they can produce music with their farts
e0B6g TIL that the Cullinan - the biggest diamond ever found - was shipped by ordinary mail while a fake stone was shipped by sea heavily protected by security personnel
N7KDJ TIL That the physicist Freeman Dyson proposed a system called a Dyson tree to convert a comet into a habitat using a genetically modified plant. It would absorb nutrients and water from the comet and create a breathable atmosphere.