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TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to fly in an airplane (although his flight was a year after his was out of office). There's video, even.

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bpZ0 TIL There actually exists a duck-size horse. Her name is Thumbelina.
e09VL TIL California has a larger economy ($2.75T GDP) than the UK ($2.62T GDP) despite California having a much smaller labour force of 19.3 million vs the UKs 33.8 million.
AD1mw TIL Molossia, a micronation located inside of Nevada USA, claims to still be at war with East Germany
VMQK8 TIL that by the time you're a year old, you've learned to ignore most distinctions among sounds that don't matter in your own language. That's why people who learn new languages later in life have special accents and cannot pronounce certain sounds.
K1n9 TIL of a Russian dog whose owners were killed in a car accident. Despite attempts to adopt or re-home him, the dog refused to leave the site of the accident and waited for them until it died 7 years later. The city informally adopted the dog and dedicated a statue honour its loyalty.