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TIL Schiphol Airport sends Heathrow a cake when a delay in its expansion occurs as a thank you for helping their own airport increase numbers

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Yobx TIL of Dr Thomas Midgley. He is responsible for adding lead to fuel and for the creation of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerators. He is credited for doing more damage to the atmosphere than any other living organism ever.
4kaOw TIL That the "Akira Slide" is the most imitated scene from any movie/tv50 show and has been referenced in over 250 pieces of media.
GYdVj TIL Charles Darwin was the first person known to put wheels on an office chair. He liked being able to roll round his office so he could study different specimens more quickly.
ALgg TIL that sandwiches taste better when someone else makes them because when you make your own, you anticipate its taste and become less hungry for it.
R7nZ9 TIL that in the Battle of Shiloh there was a strange phenomenon of soldiers having wounds that glow in the dark, because they the wounds were infected with a type of luminescent bacteria.