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TIL the odds of getting the Boardwalk piece in the McDonald’s Monopoly is 1 in 602,490,060. The odds of finding Park Place are 1 in 11.

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p879p TIL during the battle of Arnhem, after numerous communication failures, a pigeon named William of Orange flew over 400 km (250 miles) for over 4 and a half hours to deliver a message that would end up saving the lives of more than 2000 men. He later earned the Dickins Medal.
oRPX8 TIL Harry Pidgeon, the second person to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat solo, had virtually no sailing experience and built his boat on an LA beach following instructions from a magazine. The press jokingly called him "The Library Navigator"
R7vDl TIL In 1862 Lincoln signed the Morrill Act which took 10.7 million acres from 250 tribes creating violence-backed land-grab universities as the root of higher education, economic development, and improved quality of life. Lincoln ordered 38 Dakota resistance hanged, the largest ever mass execution.
7rYkM TIL that in 1958 two pilots flew an aircraft for more than two months without landing, refueling by matching speed with a truck driving down a road. Their record has not been broken.
aj60 TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie were gay, Sesame st CEO Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”