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Not all planes end up in aircraft graveyards. There's a whole industry waiting to recycle commercial planes once they're retired and taken out of service.

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P19Ww TIL in South Korea, military members (mandatory for all male citizens) found to be homosexual through a psychology test can either be institutionalized or dishonorably discharged
jNQ6p TIL Rat Birthcontrol became available in my state! Yes Rat birth control exists and is very effective.
7E8p TIL while archeologists excavated the ruins of King Herod’s palace on Mt. Masada, near the Dead Sea, a 2000 year old seed was found from an extinct Date Palm species. A botanist planted the seed and it miraculously sprouted, becoming the oldest verified human-assisted seed germination in history.
ANawg TIL The longest recreational trail in North America, and the world, is not the Appalachian or Pacific Coast Trail, it is the The Trans Canada Trail. It is 15,000 miles long and it stretches from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans.
N7mPP TIL that Screech Owls keep blind snakes as pets/housekeepers. The snakes are carried to the owl's nest, and then burrow into it and eat bugs that would otherwise pose a threat to the owl's young.