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TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA

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N7VEe TIL in 1991 Sergei Krikalev flew into space as a USSR citizen and came back as a Russian. During his mission he witnessed the collapse of the Union, creation of Russia, change of government, replacement of president, and change of the name of he city he came from.
p8paO TIL Ayn Rand's pro-free market novel Atlas Shrugged was adapted into a three part film series in the 2010s. After the first two movies bombed, the producers resorted to Kickstarter to fund the third film.
woLl7 TIL In 1958 the French Army invaded Corsica and planned to attack Paris. There was a crisis in Algeria at the time and French generals wanted Charles de Gaulle to return to power to deal with the issue. The invasion of Paris was canceled when parliament invited de Gaulle to be Prime Minister again.
KY89B TIL that the genetic traits that helped people survive the Black Death in the 14th century are linked to autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease today, showing how a historical pandemic shaped the evolution of human immunity genes.
woLEM TIL the Scandinavian word for Polar Bear is Isbjørn/ Isbjörn. It literally means "Ice Bear."