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TIL the FAA has a lavatory ashtray as required equipment for all commercial jets

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R76YQ TIL that 50 years ago a whale washed up an Oregon beach and died. To deal with the remains and the smell, officials decide to blow it up with half a ton of dynamite- the idea was it would disintegrate and scavengers would quickly dispose of the remains. That’s not what happened
b6EjN TIL in addition to the musical "Chess," Benny Anderssen and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA wrote a musical called "Kristina från Duvemåla," a story of a young Swedish family emigrating to the United States in the mid 1800s (based on the Swedish novels "The Emigrants" by Vilhelm Moberg)
LQGr TIL that more than half of the Apples harvested worldwide are grown in China. And while the U.S. ranks second it grows only 6 percent.
d8pm9 TIL that my local library has a "library of things" including a Singer sewing machine, GoPro, SNES console, air fryer, Insta-Pot, camping tent, metal detector, and so many boards games and tools!
YpEmv TIL that the most expensive liquid is horse semen worth up to $4.7 million per gallon