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TIL that in 2003, the mayor of Chicago illegally bulldozed the runway of a downtown airport in the middle of the night to create a park. This stranded 16 planes on the ground and required an inbound flight to be diverted. The FAA fined the city $33k - the maximum allowed at the time.

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KO5oa TIL about Elina Powell, a black nurse who served during WWII. She was assigned to work at a POW camp, like most African-American nurses at the time, and fell in love with a German POW there. They married and had children despite it being illegal in both the U.S and Germany during this time period.
K7o4 TIL that judges are statistically more likely to be stricter in their rulings as their lunch time approaches due to low glucose levels
LkmWp TIL that the World Rubik's Cube Championships, was first held in 1982, won by American, Minh Thai in 22.95 seconds. Germany’s Philipp Weyer won in 2019 with a time of 6.74 seconds
neerb TIL in 2010 North Korea faked a TV broadcast of the World Cup showing that they won the gold medal
kJvnd TIL there are sound frequencies that can only be heard by teenagers and some stores use devices that emit these sounds to keep teenagers from loitering.