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TIL that Gibralter overwhelmingly voted out to not be a Spanish sovereignty twice.

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JrEm TIL a nurse in Florida reported seeing the 9/11 hijackers in the hospital she worked at. She reported this to the FBI and was subsequently fired from her job.
7lG7 TIL American Airlines once offered an unlimited flight ticket for $350,000 dollars. It ended up costing them millions when some passengers used the tickets to fly over 30 million miles.
lEd5 TIL that when a Ford plant pulled out of Green Island, NY the town seized it’s water-powered electrical turbine by eminent domain and now it provides electric to it’s residents for about 40% cheaper than surrounding areas. Most residents have electric heat.
lnm1 TIL that Voss water is just water from the municipal water supply in Iveland, Norway
5V1D9 TIL the echo effect used in Duane Eddy’s 1958 instrumental hit “Rebel Rouser” was achieved using a 2,000-gallon water tank the studio had purchased from a junkyard