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TIL that Delaware has no commercial airline service to or from the state.

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kJ6k5 TIL the book on which the movie "The Exorcist" is based was initially a failure. The author lucked out when he was invited as a last-minute guest on late night show, The Dick Cavett Show. Subsequently, the book hit The New York Times best-seller list and was picked up by Warner Bros for the movie.
5Yl98 TIL in 1901, the Wright brothers built their own wind tunnel out of wood, old hacksaw blades and bicycle spokes; using it to test more than 200 wing shapes hand made from pieces of sheet steel and wax. The data it generated was critical to their first powered flight two years later.
OoxGL TIL that in 1946 there were Waffen SS soldiers that guarded Nuremberg Trials
p8QjZ TIL that in Finland it is illegal for schools to charge tuition and so rich kids go to the same schools as everyone else (including universities!)
dbxK TIL that racecar driver Alan Stacey died in 1960 when he crashed after being hit in the face by a bird at 120mph