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TIL the fast-paced style of speaking at auctions is unique to America yet nobody knows where/how it originated.

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0ded1 TIL the original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) in New York enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. It was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style and one of the great architectural works of NYC. Its loss galvanized the historic preservation movement
0V5y TIL that ‘Kung-Fu Panda’ (2008) was so successful in China that it caused a national debate on why Westerners made a better film about Chinese culture than the Chinese themselves
APXx TIL there was a ban on sliced bread in the US in 1943.
p8PDb TIL of the Gimli Glider. In 1983, Canadian plane was filled with 22,300 LB of fuel instead of in KG, leading the plane to run out of fuel halfway through the flight. With no fuel or power, the pilot successfully glided the plane onto a racetrack. There were no casualties.
R7rj7 TIL there are 27.6 meth labs in Missouri for every 100,000 residents