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TIL: that in the Caribbean you can have domino's pizza delivered by airplane.

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VBQWG TIL in 2020 scientists captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles our own (roughly 300 light years away), that is to say it marked the first time astronomers have observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.
KYJJa TIL the city of Chicago sold all of its parking meters (for 75 years) to a consortium of Abu Dhabi investors for $1.15 billion in 2008. By 2023, the investors have broken even on their investment with a $500 million profit and 60 years left on the deal.
LQrJV TIL that there is a Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge, named for its benefactor, antiquarian John Disney.
W7rwN TIL that Lou Bega is from Munich, Germany.
bRvp TIL Philadelphia literally burns old money for electricity