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TIL The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft, having achieved 70 years of production in 2024

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xKBo TIL that spalting is a form of wood coloration caused by fungi. It gives hardwoods potentially beautiful patterns and can be used in decorative wood bowls and musical instruments like guitars and ukuleles. A lot of the wood items at art and crafts fairs are significantly spalted.
KYBAB TIL that most of modern Finland was underwater at the end of the last ice age. The weight of the ice had pushed the crust down, and the land is still rebounding. It would still have been an archipelago at the time of the founding of Jericho.
7rK8r TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire co-starred in a movie called Don's Plum in 2001, but the movie was blocked from distribution in the US and Canada because they'd only agreed to star in a "short" film, not a "feature" film.
Lkrem TIL: The Australian iconic kingfisher, the kookaburra was introduced to New Zealand, released on Kawau Island, and although rare can be found in the surrounding area, in the north of the North Island
ne8Db TIL about the goldrush town of Chicken, Alaska. It was to be named Ptarmigan but they couldn't agree on the spelling. So, to avoid future embarrassment they settled on Chicken. Bullet dodged.