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TIL The Tel Dan Stele refers to a “House of David” which scholars believe is referring to the Bible’s King David

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pYRlZ TIL in 1959, Ottawa Int'l Airport was planning to open a new terminal. But during rehearsals for the Opening Ceremony, a US fighter jet flew so fast that it caused a sonic boom, which shattered many windows, tiles, and structural columns. The opening had to be delayed by a year to fix the damage.
nWBvP TIL: Horses are in fact native to, and originate from North America.
RoLw TIL when the Roman emperor Galba was assassinated, 120 people claimed they’d done it, in order to win favor with his successor. The successor died too, and HIS successor had all 120 executed
xdXk TIL eight of the fourteen vacines that are routinely recommended today were developed by an American microbiologist named Maurice Hilleman.
6Ebk8 TIL after the Civil War the demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force. The number of children under the age of 15 who worked in industrial jobs for wages climbed from 1.5 million in 1890 to 2 million in 1910.