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TIL The final episode of MAS*H was two and a half hours long and was viewed by an audience of 121 million.

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nWEb9 TIL about Autobesity, the trend of car models increasing in average size and weight (to the detriment of the environment, public health and road safety). Over the last two decades the average weight of cars sold in Europe increased by 21%.
VXbk TIL Woody Allen’s son tweeted last Father’s Day: “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”
D1XLv U.S. airlines have collectively grounded thousands of planes, with Delta alone parking 600 jets. In late March, industry group Airlines for America said that about 1,200 U.S. planes were parked. Experts estimate that worldwide, about half of the planes in the world are currently grounded due to COVID-19, analysts at Cowen Investment Bank say.
RpnQ TIL that Rinconada, Peru is the worlds highest elevated city at 16,732 ft above sea level and its economy is based around a gold mine that operates on a unique system where employees work for 30 days without payment, and on the 31st day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry.
R5wG8 Today I learned that most of the famous silver drachma coins of Alexander the Great were made out of captured Persian silver