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TIL Airbus 380 has around 500km (310 miles) of wire cabling

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rRn54 TIL that in model migration Asians crossed Beringia land bridge to the Americas about 16000 years ago, and you can still find traces on Santa rosa island (CA)
W499 TIL Beethoven hated giving piano lessons unless they were for exceptionally talented students or attractive young women of whatever talent. He was also a notorious space cadet and never learned how to multiply or divide
WkBW8 TIL that after Pearl Harbor was bombed FDR gave his “Day of Infamy” speech, one of the most famous speeches in American history. FDR was paralyzed from the waist down due to polio, so he walked to the podium for his speech with the help of steel leg braces, a cane, and his son.
5Yn99 TIL that the mother of actor Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story) had him when she was 15, and was murdered when he was 5, in 1967. The case was considered a suicide until McDermott requested a new investigation in 2012.
oN0L TIL That homosexuality in China was considered a “normal fact of life” and the appearance of homophobia is attributed to influence of Christianity and Islam.