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TIL that professional walking was America's first major spectator sport.

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VBYLp TIL there are currently 4 major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or past year) and 19 wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or past year) taking place
loW95 TIL Mexico is the only country other than China that owns Giant Pandas
Qa5e TIL passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in the world. John James Audubon once saw a flock that took three days to pass. Alexander Wilson reckoned that a flock he saw contained 2,230,272,000 individuals. The bird was hunted to it’s extinction, which came on September 1, 1914.
rlLM TIL of the Solomon curve. The safest speed to travel at is five miles over the speed limit.
KYZw TIL that President Bush wrote personal letters to the families of over 4,000 troops who died in the two wars.