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TIL Founding Father and Author of the US Constitution James Madison had a Bachelor of Arts Degree

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Y79Gr TIL in May of 2024 the U.S. Senate authorized more flights to Washington National with an 88-4 vote. At the time senators Kaine & Warner said the Senate ‘abdicated its responsibility to protect the safety of the 25 million people’ who annually fly through Reagan airport, known as DCA
yQQ7a TIL There is an English actress and model born in 1993 named Hermione
Bgdjx TIL Around 800 Japanese soldiers may have been eaten by Saltwater Crocodiles during a battle in WW2
oRBv8 TIL in the 1990s, the New Jersey Nets asked the NBA to change their name to the Swamp Dragons. The league spent $500,000 to protect the name. The NBA owners voted 26-1 to approve the change. The Nets were the lone no vote, who changed their mind, infuriating then commissioner David Stern.
bRGN TIL Kraftwerk thanked Coldplay for asking if they could use one of their riffs by saying something like: ‘Yes, you can use it, and thank you very much for asking my permission, unlike that bastard Jay-Z’