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TIL the longest continuous flight in history wasn't at all what I expected. Not some ultra rich guy in a luxury aircraft refuelling mid-air. Not some government's flying fortress hiding sensitive technology and/or gathering intel. Nope just two guys in a tiny Cessna promoting a casino.

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pRnO TIL that although English is considered a Germanic language, 60% of the vocabulary is of Latin or French origin.
x6O4k TIL that during World War II, a hippo named Belle survived the Siege of Leningrad thanks to her caretaker, Yevdokia Dashina. With the city’s water cut off, Belle’s pool dried up, and Dashina carried 40 liters of water daily from the Neva River to keep the hippo alive.
9wvvM Today I learned that John Carpenter's The Thing, on release was a critical and commercial failure. It also cost the director a multi movie deal with Universal.
56ar TIL That Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, and the United States are the only three countries not to mandate paid time off for new parents.
9Y5JB TIL The Ramones’ “I Wanna be Sedated” is a straightforward homage to Alice Cooper’s “I Wanna Be Elected”. (Note: I heard it from Alice herself in a documentary but the hyperlink I attached will have to suffice.)