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TIL Adele has named all of her albums (19,21,25,30) after her age at the period of production

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Zp8bv TIL that the vehicles in Starfox and F-Zero are both powered by the same anti-grav engines, called the G-Diffuser System
WkVbY TIL from 1982-1983, three men in Allentown PA competed in a radio contest in which they lived on top of a billboard in tents. Whoever stayed up longest would win a house. Due to economic pressure from the recession, none of the contestants wanted to give up, so the contest lasted almost 9 months.
EgGQ7 TIL of "The Quiet Birdmen" a secretive fraternal order for Male Aviators in the United States. Founded in 1921 by World War I pilots, the organization meets in various locations, never announced to the public. Members, called QBs, must be invited to join, and they join for life.
OGZx1 TIL the Chinese developed a psychoactive narcotic consisting entirely of a mixture of inorganic minerals in about 200 CE. It was widely popular for about 800 years before being condemned and the recipe subsequently forgotten. This makes it the only fun reactional drug permanently lost to time.
D1Q4g TIL that a man who committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge had left a suicide note that read "I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I won't jump."