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TIL The TSA does not perform background checks on employees

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awMXJ TIL one of the shortest scheduled passenger flights in the world is from Westray to Papa Westray in the Scotland. Flights are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute.
kMPm TIL Rupert Murdoch, acting CEO of Fox News, was “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” after an investigation that his companies regularly hacked the phones of celebrities, royalty, and public citizens.
vNb7 TIL In Thailand, police officers who misbehave or break the law are forced to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
v15A7 TIL the water chestnut is not a nut at all, but an aquatic vegetable
yQjyX TIL that George Washington is the second richest American president in history, worth 580 million when adjusted for inflation.