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TIL all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports.

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LKKQ TIL that in the 1920s a Chicago man convinced his wife to pull out all her teeth then refused to get her dentures because it was ‘cheaper to feed her with soup than solid food’. She took him to court and he was ordered to get her 2 new sets of teeth and a beefsteak a week.
rRZoe TIL that in 1970s, people in Cambodia were killed for being academics or for merely wearing eyeglasses!
QJGA9 TIL Luxembourg is the wealthiest nation on Earth per capita, where citizens earn an average of $114K
VKKZ TIL Han Solo was originally supposed to appear in Star Wars: Episode III living among the wookies on Kashyyk.
R7yr1 TIL that actor Crispin Glover, most famous as George McFly, lives in a 400 year old, 17-bedroom, 20-acre estate in Konarovice, Czech Republic that he has lovingly restored.