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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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R5BK1 TIL the Midway Atoll used to have a naval base with 5,000 residents but is now a nearly-abandoned wildlife refuge.
a8kRN TIL that because of the many sieges and occupations it endured throughout its history, Malta has 5 national days, more than any other country in the world: Freedom Day (31 March), Sette Giugno (7 June), Victory Day (8 September), Independence Day (21 September) and Republic Day (13 December).
p8pjZ TIL There was a Sherlock Holmes TV miniseries produced in the Soviet Union, which is often considered the most faithful adaptation of the original stories
DQ18v TIL that "The Pond" was a small US government intelligence organization that operated from 1942 and 1955. It worked in 32 countries, and after WWII was set up as a corporation contracted to the State Department, later merged with the CIA. The US government formally acknowledged it in 2001.
yR5V TIL that the pharmaceutical company, Gilead, developed a drug that can cure Hepatitis C which led to plummeting stock prices as fewer patients required the drug due to the fact that it worked so well.