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TIL that the “longest flight” lasted for 64 days. It was called the Hacienda, and it was possible because of constant refueling

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4knlR TIL Ugandan dictator Idi Amin publicly suggested that he and Tanzanian president Nyerere participate in a boxing match to determine the outcome of the Ugandan Tanzanian war in 1979. This proposal was ignored by Nyerere and Idi Amin was forced into exile.
rRxk4 TIL when giraffes are born, they fall six feet on their head, but it's the fall that gets them to start breathing
0J0y TIL That Tommy Pickles’ mother was Russian-Jewish American. This means that Tommy Pickles and Dil Pickles were Kosher Pickles.
XE19D TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside of Japan
l7WOA TIL that Dmitri Mendeleev, who is credited with creating the Periodic Table of Elements was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 9 times but never won. His awarding was blocked each time by the 1903 winner, Svante Arrhenius, who held a grudge against Mendeleev for criticizing one of his papers.