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TIL The gym on the top floor of the US Supreme Court Building has a basketball court jokingly referred to as “the highest court in the land.”

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M7KZK TIL the first time aircraft carriers were used was in WWI. First deployed Mid-January 1915 the HMS Ark Royal served in the Gallipoli campaign and throughout WWI. She carried 8 seaplanes that would conduct reconnaissance missions.
YK77 TIL HP stock rose 10.5% when then CEO Carly Fiorina was forced out
nGZG TIL that word formations like LGBTQ and USA are technically not acronyms, they are “initialisms” or “alphabetisms”. NATO and laser are acronyms, because they are pronounced as words and not just as a string of letters.
DQ56p TIL the Largest Train Robbery in U.S. History occurred in Suburban Chicago in 1924. During "The Rondout Train Robbery" in Lake County, IL over $2 Million Dollars ($35 Million in 2023) was stolen from a Mail Train's Clerks by the Newton Boys and their accomplices, which included a Postal Inspector.
MGP8 TIL that due to a small change in design during construction, the Hyatt Regency Walkway collapsed on its opening day killing 114 people.