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TIL airports renumber their runways because the magnetic pole is not fixed, and headings change slightly over time

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DQeYp TIL that all tortoises are turtles and they share the same Order, Testudines, under the Class Reptilia
7rVXM TIL that the decision to remove Alexander Hamilton from the ten-dollar bill was reversed due to the popularity of the musical, Hamilton.
4k0EJ TIL of Alex Stepney, an English soccer goalkeeper so got so angry at his own team-mates, he literally dislocated his jaw screaming at them.
XEyDR Today I learned the oldest grizzly recorded at Yellowstone was 34 years old. He was tattooed with the number 168 and had no teeth when he was euthanized for general decline
MeJLa TIL croissant is actually from Austria and was created as a celebration of viennese bakers who screwed ottomans' siege in the 17th century, and that's why it's crescent moon-shaped