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TIL The Rock created The People’s Elbow in an attempt to get The Undertaker to break character

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Y71Kv TIL that key aircraft controls are required to be shape coded - the flap handle is shaped like an airfoil, the propeller condition levers have ridged knobs, the thrust levers are smooth and cylindrical, and the landing gear handle is shaped like a wheel
9YDO7 TIL that the Hollywood star Woody Harrelson is the son of a hitman (convicted of killing two, and suspected of more)
ADvg4 TIL that Bakersfield and Fresno were built on top of a former lake, Lake Tulare, that was the largest freshwater lake west of the Missisipi. It was drained for Agriculture after the Civil War, and was completely gone by WW1.
5Vm4r TIL: The president of France is the co-prince of Andorra.
5v6D TIL In 1983, a 61-year-old potato farmer named Cliff Young won a 544 mile endurance race because he ran throughout the night while the younger ‘professional’ athletes slept.