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TIL that only 5% of the world’s population has flown on an airplane.

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x6nrw TIL Pep was a prison dog sent to Eastern State Pen in Philadelphia in 1924 to help with moral and keep rodents away. He was inducted into the prison with his own inmate number and was paw-printed. He was “accused of murdering a cat.” The accusation was just as a joke.
YO7x TIL Johnny Cash was born with the name J.R. Cash because his parents couldn’t think of a name. When he enlisted in the Air Force, they wouldn’t let him use his initials, so he began to call himself John.
vP6Aj TIL about EuroAirport, it's on the triple border and serves France, Switzerland and Germany. The airport is jointly administered by France and Switzerland, governed by a 1949 international convention.
J8Rk TIL it is 2006 in Ethiopia because their calendar has 13 months.
mx8py TIL Kevin Durant's "You the real MVP" line refers to his mother who sacrificed so much to help him succeed, and says that people who make memes from these words have "No morals"