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TIL Old Dominion University started as a two-year division of The College of William and Mary.

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j6grp TIL that the exact same Air India 787 that recently crashed (registration VT-ANB) was flying just 25km away from MH17 when it was shot down in 2014. AI171 is the deadliest aviation incident since MH17.
yLJ8 TIL there are so many different types of apples, if you were to eat a new one everyday, it would take almost 20 years to try them all.
X0Alj TIL American silent film actress Martha Mansfield died at age 24 when a carelessly tossed match lit her costume on fire. It was never determined who threw the match.
wmDo TIL that people literally grow trees and roots into bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, etc… It’s known as “Tree Shaping.” Theoretically, it can even be used to grow homes.
pM18 TIL Jackie Chan is almost deaf in his right ear because of the injury he suffered while filming Armour of God.