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TIL the band Fugazi recorded almost all of their shows on cassette and are in the process of making them all available online.

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OoMN4 TIL Hubert Latham was the first to attempt to fly a plane over the English Channel in 1909; he failed, but in doing so he became the first person to ever land a plane on water.
PYOXV TIL that the King of Prussia had a personal army of 3000 tall men and admitted, "The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers—they are my weakness"
nkaB TIL that in the last 64 years humans have slain 90% of the World’s sharks.
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awYmZ TIL: some pirates say they've been hired by companies to hijack a ship and "lose it" so that the companies can gain the insurance money