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TIL: 1.5 million people migrated out of New York and California between 2020 and 2022

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7AXp TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the mile high club. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolate, champagne, a curtain and 1 VERY DISCREET PILOT
ymoe TIL of Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who took third in the 1968 Olympics and the third athlete in the iconic black power photo. He was shunned in his home country from that moment on for his often unnoticed presence in the photograph.
JYva1 TIL in the past century, every year at least one Belgian has died from World War 1 or World War 2 ordinance being accidentally detonated
5YDYk TIL about We, a novel by Ayn Rand where collectivism has gone so far as to remove the word "I" from speech, accurately predicting YouTube comments on videos about communism
GYngg TIL While recording "The Show Must Go On", Brian May doubted that Freddie Mercury would be able to sing the highly demanding vocals due to Freddie's declining health. To May's surprise, Freddie downed a vodka, said "I'll fucking do it, darling!" and then, in May's words, he "went in and killed it".