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TIL Florida's Punta Gorda Airport has a plane fire simulator that looks really real as you drive by on the highway.

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NGOQ TIL that ice was shipped from Boston around the world. Frederick Tudor, who basically had a monopoly on the trade, became known as “The Ice King” and was one of the wealthiest people in the world.
M7gdA TIL about the Collegiate Sprint Football League, where players must weigh less than 178 pounds and have a minimum of 5% body fat.
e0rbD TIL only 5 films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director. The Green Book (2018) Argo (2012), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Grand Hotel (1932), and Wings (1927).
GYeW4 TIL that in 2015 a Texas man was hospitalized after trying to kill an armadillo. After shooting at the armadillo three times with a .38 revolver, one of the bullets ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the face. The armadillo was not found by the police after the incident.
9PAm TIL that after the collapse of the South Sea company in 1720, which bankrupted many and severely affected the economy of England, a proposal was made in parliament to place bankers in sacks filled with snakes and throw them into the River Thames.