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TIL that almost a third of Dubai’s GDP comes from its airport, which contributes around $22 billion towards Dubai’s GDP.

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o9oW TIL while in college Deion Sanders played in the first game of a double header in baseball, ran a leg on his track teams 4x100 meter relay, and then came back and played the second game of his double header all in the same day. He is also the only person to play in the super bowl and world series.
9w5ZG TIL a Triple Tautonym occurs when a genus, species name, and subspecies name are all the same word. Examples include Gorilla gorilla gorilla (western lowland gorilla) and Pica pica pica (Eurasian magpie). These names are allowed in Zoology but not in Botany.
P1krg TIL on November 23, 1991, Freddy Mercury released a statement that he had A.I.D.S. and would grant no interviews. He died 24 hours later. He was 45.
lob1a TIL Harrison Ford got his ear pierced at the popular preteen store, Claire’s Accessories. After the piercing he signed a notepad to the woman who pierced his ear: "To Tavora. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford."
d8aXK TIL there was a comic book series chronicling an alternate Superman timeline where he lands in the Soviet Union instead of the United States.