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TIL Japan, like the US, has no “official” language.

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WaEL TIL in an act of rare serendipity, the longest eclipse to occur in several hundred years coincided with the development of the supersonic Concorde. So naturally, astronomers chartered the plane to “[chase] the eclipse across the Earth at twice the speed of sound.”
wo6WW TIL that in 1959 the Omaha VA Hospital purchased a nuclear reactor for $154,000, it was in operation until 2001 when it was dismantled for security concerns following 9/11.
lo9VB TIL that congregating in public while wearing a mask is illegal in the state of New York.
oVoE TIL Willie Nelson lives in a self-sustaining community in Hawaii with Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson
GAXE7 TIL that the 1997 movie Batman & Robin was about a (now canceled) sequel called Batman Unchained and was originally planned to have Courtney Love or Madonna to play Harley Quinn in her live-action debut.