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Today I learned about Tea Parties

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epymk TIL that in 1983 a Mexcian Gulftstream jet was forced to make an emergency landing on the Mallow Racecourse near Cork, Ireland and subsequently was stuck there for 39 days until a locals were able to construct a temporary runway to allow the plane to take off again
gMLQD TIL that, although "the Great White Way" is the most famous nickname for Broadway, its bright lights have also inspired the nicknames the Incandescent District, Tungsten Territory, and Mazda Lane
j49N TIL that the Dutch-Belgian border passes through several cafe’s. The Dutch had a law requiring dining establishments to close earlier than they did in Belgium. When this time came around, patrons on the Dutch side would have to get up and move tables, over to the Belgian side
mxBWO TIL some elephants eat off a specific tree to induce labor - the same tree which kenyan women brew a tea of for the same purpose
QNaya TIL that American-born Soviet Spy Joel Barr successfully convinced Khrushchev to build a city devoted to making semiconductors. It’s called Zelenograd and it still exists.