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TIL LeBron James, Larry Bird, Russell Westbrook, Rudy Gobert, Gary Payton and Bill Walton are natural left-handers who shoot righty.

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Y7MaB TIL that the Simpsons is not the longest running cartoon of all time. That a Looney Tunes spin-off called “The Bugs Bunny Show” currently beats the Simpsons by 6 years. This show ran for 40 years from 1960-2000. While The Simpsons is currently running at 34 years. (1989-present)
dr9Q TIL A gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within 2 days was named in honor of Kenny from South Park
QNMvE TIL the defect that caused an Air France A330 to crash in 2009 was well-known by Airbus (as it had happened more than a dozen times on A330s with various airlines), however Airbus did not make any changes to their autopilot system until after there was a fatal crash.
7r5xO TIL about a Mexican plane that made an emergency landing on a race course in Mallow, Ireland, in 1983. In order for the plane to successfully take off again, a runway had to be specially built so the captain and crew spent 39 day in the town and became minor celebrities among the locals
rN96M Today I learned that the statue of David by Michelangelo is 5.17-metre (17 ft) tall.