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TIL There is only one gun store in the entirety of Mexico. It's inside the headquarters of the Secretariat of National Defense

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AXJg TIL 40 years ago today , the Cleveland Indians staged Ten Cent Beer Night at their home stadium - and it ended with a riot, the Texas Rangers leaving the field armed with bats, and the Indians forfeiting the game.
946B TIL that the poorest place in the USA (Allen, SD) is also the place in North America that is farthest from any ocean.
wbg8 TIL until 1970 United Airlines had men-only flights. The “New York” and “Chicago Executive” were advertised as “a club in the sky for men only”, with business-oriented amenities, free cigars, and a steak dinner served by stewardesses (the only women aboard). A lawsuit by feminists ended the flights.
NXX9b TIL about canopy piloting. A sport where you jump out of a helicopter to skim across a lake at a high speed.
R5KLQ TIL that the Red River Floodway, a channel built in the 60's to protect Winnipeg, Canada from flood damage by diverting excess river flow around the city, was the second largest earth-moving project at the time, even more than the Suez Canal. It was surpassed only by the Panama Canal.