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TIL that during the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin there was a gliding competition as a demonstration sport

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nWdjP TIL that in the 1930s, a family on the Isle of Man claimed to live with a talking mongoose named Gef who described himself as “an extra extra clever mongoose”.
N70xJ TIL illegal income (bribes, etc) are considered taxable income. Authorities can use this to go after people with diplomatic immunity since they are not immune from paying taxes.
oRkpW TIL that the first ever morse code message was “what hath god wrought?”
ADWM4 TIL that many decorative glass crystal products (e.g. decanters, wine glasses, etc.) contain lead at significant enough levels that liquids stored in them for more than a few hours are no longer safe to drink (or any length of time for children).
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