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TIL Venezuela owes foreign airlines over 4 billion dollars, leading many airlines to sharply reduce or stop service in the country

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BVLD TIL the standard size of 750mL for wine bottles corresponds to the average exhalation of a glassblower’s lungs
b96J4 Whatever you do, don’t press that button. It’s a trope that’s spanned pop culture for generations—and the real world, too. But where did this Big Red Button come from? And why does sick curiosity compel us to mash it down?
OG0X6 TIL that Joseph Stalin had absolute power to direct the wealth of the Soviet Union toward any end he wanted. The modern equivalent to what he controlled would be nearly $8.5 trillion.
9Y50G TIL about Henri Charrière. Sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn't commit, he proceeded to escape from 9 different maximum security prisons, and was later pardoned.
oD4R TIL referring to its high fuel consumption and repair costs, the airmen of the C5 Galaxy have nicknamed it FRED; short for Fucking Ridiculous, Economic/Environmental Disaster.