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TIL Emirates and Qatar Airways fly nonstop from Dubai and Doha to the US West Coast (San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles), coming within a few degrees of latitude of the North Pole

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OoAQY TIL athletes involved in the East German doping program are estimated to suffer from rates of cardiovascular disease or cancer up to five-times higher than the general population and live 10-12 years fewer
m11ey TIL the Seychellois are the world's biggest drinkers consuming on average 20.5 litres of alcohol a year and the germans are only 6th!
Vb44 TIL that in 2013 PayPal accidentally credited a guy’s account with $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him temporarily the richest man in the world by a million times. When PayPal admitted the error they paid a sum to a charity of the guy’s choice.
W76go TIL scammy manufacturers are now making blue USB 2 connectors, so you have to count pins to verify actual USB 3 connectivity
x6Nd1 TIL Veronica Lake was six months pregnant at the beginning of production Sullivan's Travels (1941), a fact she did not disclose to director Preston Sturges until filming began. Costume designer Edith Head was tasked to find ways of concealing Lake's pregnancy.