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The journey of Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul lasted a little over 80 hours.

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m1RlP TIL that there is a Town in Minnesota called Little Canada and the Canadian Flag is even displayed in council chambers.
6arl TIL of the “Punt gun” An eleven foot rifle meant for killing roughly 50 birds in one shot, which was eventually banned due to it decimating wild bird numbers.
vMNr TIL film composer John Williams is the second most Academy Award nominated person in history with 49 nominations, right after Walt Disney
OoeVY TIL Vesta Stoudt, the mother of two Navy Sailors wrote a letter to President Roosevelt explaing the way ammunition was packed often didn’t work. She suggested a rippable cloth based tape, leading to the invention of duct tape.
b9EYN TIL Bald eagle nests can be 13 feet deep, and 8 feet wide, and can weigh more than 1 ton.