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TIL: gliders were used to carry troops in WW2

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X051P TIL between 63rd and 76th Streets in New York City, scientists have found an ant species found nowhere else on Earth. They called him “ManhattAnt”.
xVOVB TIL Martin Luther King Jr. regretted his "I Have A Dream" speech after witnessing all the violence going on in Vietnam and the disdain the country had for Black people, he recanted his 1963 monologue, calling it "naive".
gr5NX TIL Helium was detected on the sun before it was detected on Earth. That's why it was named for Helios, the Greek god of the sun.
VB154 TIL: NY, NJ, MA, and MN addresses paranormal activity in their real estate disclosure laws. In NJ, a seller must inform the buyer that their property is haunted if asked and in New York, a home sale is rescinded if the seller creates and perpetuates a reputation that the home is haunted.
4XNdo TIL Tom Hanks is a distant cousin to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s mother. They are third cousins, 4 times removed.