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TIL That the Airfield where the Wright Brothers first flew, has its own IATA Airport code (FFA) and is a National Park where you can still land planes and Gliders.

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Ywdx TIL there is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water.
XE5WE TIL Danny Trejo has been in over 353 movies, and when IMDB tested his knowledge of which movies he had been in, he passed with flying colors.
9wkGM TIL If you spam click the on/off button on your Samsung phone it will dial 911 automatically in 10 seconds if you don't turn it off. It will emit a high volume sound after 6 seconds even with silent on and volume off.
l0QA TIL Adolf Hitler liked Rochdale Town Hall so much, he wanted to “ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War.”
kM9m TIL for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government announced that people could apply for permits to protest in designate areas. None of the permits were granted, and many of those who applied disappeared or were arrested.