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TIL Delta Airlines is named after the Mississippi Delta Region and its first hub of commercial service was Monroe, Louisiana

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OojQa TIL that Julius Caesar likely had epilepsy, with four documented seizures: 1) in the Senate while being offered the Emperor’s Crown, 2) while listening to an oration by Cicero, and in military campaigns in 3) North Africa and 4) Corduba, Spain. Caesar won both battles despite his seizures.
BKOb TIL that Wilson from Cast Away won the 6th Critics’ Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object
R7Wlj TIL the last US President to fluently speak a foreign language was FDR (French and German).
Lovm TIL Hyperion is a world tallest living tree with the height of 115.61 meters (379.3 ft).
78o0Z TIL Arabian American Little League (Dhahran, KSA) went to the Little League World Series 17 times in 21 attempts (1987-2007). The league is comprised of American children whose parents work in Saudi Arabia.