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TIL that if you lived in the UK between 1980-1996, you weren't able to give blood in the United States until the ban was lifted in May 2022 due to fears of transmitting Mad Cow Disease.

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xVRpo TIL that the first powered airplane flight was not by the Wright Brothers in 1903, but by English aeronautical inventor John Stringfellow, who in 1848 flew for 30 meters in controlled and level powered flight in Somerset. Textbooks are being changed to reflect this new research and give him credit.
Vw4D TIL there was a town that was underwater for 25 years and resurfaced in 2009
9YnYB TIL Neither Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, nor Ivan Reitman took a salary took for making the movie "Twins".
awJ5y TIL in 1958 Inmate Merle Haggard saw Johnny Cash play San Quentin State Prison. Haggard credits Cash with giving him the inspiration to launch a career after prison that included 38 #1 hits on the country charts
yQMxl TIL the CN Tower in Toronto gets hit by lightning strikes at least 75 times a year