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TIL accoding to the FAA, air traffic controller applicants must be under the age of 31 and generally must retire at age 56

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nGV7 TIL that there is a real criminal called Dr. Chaos who is currently being held in Federal supermax prison in Colorado for causing 28 power failures and hoarding large amounts of cyanide.
9la6 TIL there are ancient Asian shipwrecks in Washington state. Bonus TIL: When explorers travelled the Columbia River, they found Japanese sailors
EgPAw TIL In 1953, Swanson had 260 tons of frozen turkey leftover after Thanksgiving, so they packaged them into trays with peas and potatoes, and the TV Dinner was born.
eOJ4 TIL that in 1986, the United Way released 1.5 M balloons at once. It was responsible for shutting down and airport, causing environmental damage, and hindering a search and rescue operation.
E1Edo TIL that author, Barbara Follet, who published her first book at 12, vanished under strange circumstances. Her disappearance eerily resembles the last paragraph in her final book.