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TIL Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees from the White House

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nWnVd TIL that in 1999 a Qantas 747 "crashed" on landing and then Qantas paid a huge amount of money to repair the plane so it wouldn't be reported as a hull loss accident.
n7vP TIL gamers in the ‘80s could photograph their TV with a high score showing and mail it in, and Activision would send back a patch.
wdg8 TIL the GPS is owned by the United States and was originally developed for military usage but made freely-available in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan after Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down
v1D1D TIL animals can get drunk from eating fruit that has dropped from trees that has fermented
NXObJ TIL James Rothschild is a double heir, to both Rothschild and Guinness fortunes