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TIL that the first privately owned Spaceport ever is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013 and is in New Mexico.

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Wknld TIL the inventor of the cubicle hated how his invention was implemented
DQMmg TIL that the Hindenburg (which was filled with flammable hydrogen gas) had a smoking lounge. The entrance to the lounge was pressurized, and the bartender had to make sure no hydrogen gas leaked, or if someone walked with a lit pipe or lit cigarette
oBpbA TIL Stevie Ray Vaughan played the famous guitar solo on David Bowie's "Let's Dance"
e0G8k TIL that the lowest point in Louisiana is found in its largest city, New Orleans, an area that lies at an elevation of 8 feet below sea level. The average elevation of the city lies at 1 to 2 feet below sea level mainly owing to subsidence as much of the city had been constructed on swamp lands.
9Md7 TIL the word “palindrome” isn’t “palindrome” spelled backwards, but “palindrome” spelled backwards is “emordnilap”, which is a real word that represents any word that when spelled backwards makes a new word - such as “time” and “emit” - so “emordnilap palindrome” is an emordnilap palindrome