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gM9xW TIL turtles do not produce saliva and must go underwater to swallow their food
mxQBv TIL November 14, 1910 Eugene Ely made the first airplane takeoff from a warship in a Curtiss pusher airplane from the cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, VA. Ely later completes the first landing and takeoff from a ship in 1911. His flights marked the beginning of carrier aviation.
4Zm5 TIL the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act protects your right to use independent repair shops and parts (contrary to what Apple and other electronics makers are doing with “Warranty Void” stickers)
VmB4 TIL that it would take less than a year for the average person to walk around the earth.
D1dmJ TIL The cheapest toll ever paid to cross the Panama Canal was 36 cents. It was paid by Richard Halliburton in 1928 so that he could swim the length of the canal.