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TIL the derelict Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis, Indiana was destroyed by a fire on January 30, 1958, allegedly after a pigeon dropped a lit cigarette on the roof of the building

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VBdgB TIL that United Flight 175, the 2nd plane to crash into the WTC on 9/11, rapidly descended at an “unheard of” 5,000 ft/min during its final 5 minutes. Flying at 590 mph, the aircraft also banked sharply just before impact, as it might’ve otherwise just clipped the South Tower or missed it entirely.
QJGle TIL a killer whale at MarineLand learned to regurgitate fish and let it sit on the surface to attract seagulls. When a seagull takes the bait, the whale would come up from the water and eat the bird. Four other whales copied that behavior.
x6pbb TIL Gabe Newell owns marine research organization Inkfish, which operates "Limiting Factor" - a submersible which had previously reached Challenger Deep on multiple occasions and traveled to the deepest points of all five oceans.
PYr1O TIL in 1903, Dr. Horatio Jackson won a $50 bet when he and Sewall Crocker became the first to cross the U.S. in an automobile. The 2 month trip from San Francisco to New York City cost Jackson an estimated $8,000.
dDy4K TIL Kamikazes were the most effective anti-ship weapon in history: 100% of the ships attacked by at least two kamikazes were forced to go for repairs