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TIL that Redondo Beach, California's official city bird is the Goodyear Blimp.

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16yRV TIL the future emperor Galba was foretold he’d rule Rome one day but only as an old man; Augustus’ heir Tiberius overheard this but said that wasn’t his problem since he’d be long dead by then anyway
Z81Qa TIL Following the first successful powered flight in 1903, the Wright Brothers took their invention to a cautious War Department, who were skeptical due to past false claims. Incensed that their good word was not accepted, and worried about weak patent laws, the Wrights hid their invention away.
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8aLmP TIL about the American Revolution's Pine Tree Flag which featured the words "An Appeal to Heaven." It was one of a few different flag designs used for the new nation during the war.
a8Vo0 TIL that limelight is a type of lighting once used for stages. Intense illumination is created when a flame fed by oxygen and hydrogen is directed at a cylinder of quicklime. Long since replaced by electric lighting, the term has survived; someone in the public eye is said to be "in the limelight."