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

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kONg4 TIL that there has never been a single, confirmed, fatal alligator attack in the state of Louisiana.
wnAW TIL an orangutan named Chantek was raised as a human child. He mastered sign language and understands the value and use of money and work, choosing to spend his earnt ‘money’ on his favourite fast food, hamburgers.
oVOR TIL a 2012 study in East Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God
kOQ6g TIL despite being filmed in Austria, The Sound of Music was and is still unpopular in the German-speaking world. The third act (the events surrounding the occupation of Austria) was cut by the Munich manager of the studio, before being restored after director Robert Wise intervened.
1oVX TIL after an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped, three lions chased off the kidnappers and stayed with her until police arrived, leaving her unharmed