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TIL That in 1959 two pilots managed to keep a plane airborne for 64 days.

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Jdwv TIL The median age for a Fox News viewer is 65 years old
4Xw96 TIL bootlegger Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton killed himself rather than report to federal prison after being convicted of moonshining offences. He prepared his grave footstone years in advance and had it by his front porch and kept his casket in his living room. The epitaph read, "Popcorn Said Fuck You."
V7D0 TIL Mexican vaqueros used to sport hatbands called “galóns” on their sombreros. A “10 galón” was a hat large enough to hold 10 hatbands. It is believed that American cowboys may have anglicized the word “galón” and thus, started referring to their own sombrero-inspired headgear as “10-gallon hats.”
b9Bba TIL that the human species is the only one with the ability to accurately throw objects
9w5vG TIL: Iraq's GDP is $284 Billion