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TIL John Gilpin, an amateur photographer, was testing his new camera lens at the airport and caught a 14 year old boy falling from the wheel well of Japan Air Lines DC-8

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Y788Z TIL that the powerful engraving of Running Antelope, Chief of the Oncpapa (Hunkpapa) Lakota Sioux is featured on this large-sized $5 currency note from 1899. This is the first – and only – time a Native American image was used as the central motif on any U.S. paper currency.
Dx0p TIL that, Adjusting for Inflation, the average gas prices in the US are lower than they were in 1918.
awYl9 TIL New York City is encircled by translucent eruv wire to allow observant Jews to run errands and so socialize on the Sabbath. Other major cities including Chicago and St. Louis are also encircled by eruv wire
GAnEQ TIL Phil Collins Drummed in and Produced Frida's 'I Know There's Something Going On'
x601B TIL that Merian C. Cooper, creator of the original King Kong, was a bomber pilot in both WWI and WWII, and retired with a rank of brigadier general