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TIL of The American Service-Members' Protection Act, AKA "The Hague Invasion Act"

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KYOK4 TIL: A Boeing 747 can carry roughly 63,000 gallons of fuel. This weighs ~400,000 lbs; nearly as much as the empty plane itself.
R7p6l TIL that in the 1999 movie Matrix, Neo's passport expires on September 11, 2001
78R8Z TIL in the original German ending of the fairy tale Snow White, the evil queen is forced to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she drops dead.
VBMxp TIL about commotio cordis, sudden death from from cardiac ventricular fibrillation caused by a chest impact over the heart.
oBPp8 TIL: Peregrine Falcons are one of the most common birds of prey, living in every continent except Antarctica.