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TIL Dallas / Forth Worth Airport is bigger than the island of Manhattan.

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ANmwo TIL about a "Condor" score in golf, which is -4, under par. condor would be a hole-in-one on a par-five, a two on a par-six, or a three on a par-seven. It has only been achieved 6 times in history.
N7MVb TIL Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, rewrote her novel word for word when she had dementia in her later years, unaware she had already written her most influential work
oBR0o TIL a defendant in the UK called a judge a "bit of a cunt" and the judge replied with "you're a bit of a cunt yourself"
8eRd4 TIL award-winning writer William Goldman would make up bedtime stories for his daughters (4yo & 7yo). One of them wanted tales of princesses, the other wanted brides, so he combined them. These stories became his next book: "The Princess Bride"
M7exK TIL Oranges are a man made fruit.