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TIL Ohio has license plates reading "Birthplace of Aviation" and North Carolina reads "First in Flight" because the two states both claim the Wright Brothers as their own. The Wrights performed the first controlled, powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. but built their plane in Ohio

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laO5 TIL Thomas Midgley who invented Ethyl, the lead-based additive to gasoline, also invented chlorofluorocarbons, which just about destroyed the ozone layer. He got polio, invented a wire-and-pulley system to get himself out of bed, and then ended up being strangled by it.
nWy5W TIL, Tyler Myers and Quentin Grimes are the first set of siblings to play in the NHL and NBA. Tyler, the taller of the two at 6'8", is a defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks and Quentin, who is 6'5", plays shooting guard for the Detroit Pistons.
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7rVXM TIL that the decision to remove Alexander Hamilton from the ten-dollar bill was reversed due to the popularity of the musical, Hamilton.