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TIL that the Six Flags in New Orleans has been untouched since it was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The rides and games have been rotting away since.

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9wvDG TIL I learned that Steven Seagal plays blues guitar, and took some of America’s most historic guitars to Moscow.
g554 TIL that 54% of the troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day were British & Canadian
loYOV TIL that when we find out a presumed meteorite turns out to just be a normal rock, they are called "Meteorwrongs"
0wK8N TIL sperm whales got their name from late 18th century commercial whalers who discovered the enormous white fluid-filled organ in the whale's head and misinterpret it for sperm fluid. This organ which is now called the spermaceti organ is actually used as a powerful echolocation equipment.
p8QBA TIL as of 2020, there have been 15 astronaut and 4 cosmonaut fatalities during spaceflight. The current statistical fatality rate is 3.2 percent.