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TIL that you were not required to take off your shoes at airport security & liquids were not banned from flights until 2006

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7rZ7P TIL: It’s estimated 98% of the rain forest in Indonesia and Malaysia will be destroyed by 2022, with much of the blame on palm oil farming
YkwG TIL Robert Taylor Couldn’t get a patent on his idea for liquid soap, so he purchased every single plastic pump in the USA so other companies couldn’t manufacture their own liquid soap.
7nRx TIL Asia has a larger surface area than the moon
VBAR8 TIL that Philip M Thomas (of Miami Vice fame) coined the acronym EGOT - Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony - stating he wanted to win these 4 awards within 5 years. He hasn't won a single one of them until now.
4dDR TIL the word Mortgage is a French Law term meaning “death pledge”.