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TIL In 4 out of 10 of the UK’s largest airports, it is cheaper to park a light aircraft for 24 hours than to park your car

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69EVJ TIL one of the convict ships to Australia in the early 1800s was just called "Dick"
X5QX TIL penguins were once introduced in Norway. One of them was promptly shot by a Norwegian matron who claimed it was a freak of nature that had invaded her yard.
RMo6 TIL: A convincing study shows that business leaders and serial killers share a mindset
4Xm4N TIL Several famous actors were decorated during WWII. Henry Fonda won a Bronze Star in the Pacific, Walter Matthau was awarded six battle stars while serving on a B-17. Christopher Lee was a pilot in the Royal Air Force and also won a number of awards.
gZk7 TIL that former NSA Intelligence Official William Binney blew the whistle on the NSA’s surveillance activities as early as 2002, and was raided by the FBI in July 2007 in suspicion of his role in a New York Times Expose on warrant-less wiretapping.