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TIL that Tucker Carlson, before joining journalism, had applied to the CIA but his application was denied.

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VMZnQ TIL The flight from Moscow to Anadyr is the longest scheduled domestic flight within a country - 9 hours 45 minutes. In order to enter the Chukotka region, travellers will be required to have a special permission entry form and it takes about 60 working days to process all the necessary paperwork
p8YM4 TIL the royal family (UK) changed their name to House of Windsor from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, due to German bombers of the name Gotha carrying out a strike on a school that killed 18 children on June 13, 1917.
oBnpL TIL that Elvis Presley was critical of the Beatles, stating that they “laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy, unkempt appearances and suggestive music”
6rgY TIL that looting of DJ equipment during the 1977 New York City blackout contributed to the rise of hip hop.
e06JL TIL that there is a giant statue of Jesus in Poland that distributes WiFi to nearby towns and villages