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TIL It only took humans 11 years to start a World War following the invention of the airplane.

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epKZk TIL One player, Tony Brown, has played in over 10% of all professional league games played by football club West Bromwich Albion, a club that has existed since 1878
R7ld6 TIL that Jason Mraz lives on and runs an avocado farm that supplies 30,000 pounds of avocados to California Chipotle restaurants every year.
9Yox6 TIL kamikaze pilots weren't 100% volunteer. Pilots were asked to put their hand up in a big group if they didn't want to volunteer. Amid peer pressure, hardly anyone was able to say no to the mission.
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Lv49 TIL after the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was announced in 1992, all 72,000 tickets sold out in three hours, even though no performers were announced besides the remaining members of Queen.