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TIL over 80% of the world have never flown on an airplane

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PYy8E TIL Several people accused actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe of putting on blackface when he appeared in a promotional film for the BBC. He is in fact black.
MexkB TIL Jailed Nixon advisers John Ehrlichman and JR Haldeman were both Christian Scientists and they inserted language exempting "prayer is the only cure" parents from the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.
0wpxy TIL Scott Fahlman is credited with originating the first ever smiley emoticon, which he thought would help people on a message board at Carnegie Mellon to distinguish serious posts from jokes. He proposed the use of :-) and :-( for this purpose, and the symbols caught on.
j6okN TIL in contrast to the myth, America didn't cut support to South Vietnam as it still appropriated $700 million in 1975
ALpa TIL In 2006, a Sudanese man was caught having sex with a goat, and as a punishment was forced to take the goat as his “wife” while paying a dowry of around $50 to its owner.