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TIL the new Air Force One aircraft are 747's that were built and flight-tested for a Russian airline

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e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.
69b7Y TIL that Tooth Fairy payments to children tripled on a per tooth basis between 2011 and 2021.
KwEB TIL the Seattle Space Needle’s center of gravity is 5 feet above ground level and it can stand Category 5 hurricane-force winds
MeV57 TIL as of 2016, Giant Pandas are no longer classified as an endangered species.
9lm TIL Alec Baldwin donates everything he earns from Capital One to charity