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TIL there's an airport in Amsterdam that uses landscaping to reduce noise

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x6BZb TIL David Attenborough, as a young TV producer, was instrumental in tennis balls being the colour they are today.
7reWx TIL that Billy Joel never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random people in the cheap seats so that front row isn't always just wealthy people.
XE6eX TIL an Atlanta vegan couple was sentenced to life in prison for the death of their six-week-old malnourished baby boy starved to death, who was fed a limited diet of soy milk and apple juice.
owOL TIL the first automobile trip across the United States was undertaken in 1903 because of a $50 bet. The trip took 66 days.
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