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TIL there are 19869 airports in the United States - the most in the world. Canada is next with 1845

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BrDly TIL there is a whole area of Greece autonomously ruled by the Orthodox church and that only men are allowed to enter
LYR0 TIL Vin Scully called Sandy Koufax’s perfect game (1965), Hank Aaron’s 715th HR (1974), “The Catch” (1982), Bill Buckner’s error (1986), and Kirk Gibson’s home run (1988). BTW he still announces Dodger baseball today.
RpZ7 TIL that in 2012 a rat brain in a dish was able to successfully pilot an F-22 fighter jet simulator.
BgeYK TIL that aside from aside from receiving help writing the songs "Soft and Wet" and "My Love is Forever" from Chris Moon and an uncredited string arrangement on "Baby" from Charles Veal, Prince was responsible for the writing and recording of everything on his debut album "For You"
D1JBg TIL Ben from Ben & Jerry's suffers from anosmia, meaning he has almost no sense of smell/taste. This is why so many flavors feature chunks as he would add larger and larger pieces to the ice cream to satisfy his need for texture in food