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TIL Kansai International Airport in Japan averages 20-30 million passengers a year and it has not lost a single piece of luggage since opening in 1994.

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VMZl8 TIL Helena, Montana had a city park with a Confederate Memorial Fountain built by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was removed in 2017 after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia and was replaced by the Equity Fountain.
xbR7 TIL The conviction rate of Palestinians in Israeli military courts is 99.74%. Of the 9,542 cases, only 25 were fully acquitted (2011, source: Haaretz, Israeli newspaper).
MkjW TIL that in 2008, the waiting list to get tickets to the UK’s hit show ‘Top Gear’ was 21 years
R7oZj TIL Lamborghini, Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Ducati, Scoda , Seat are all owned by Volkswagen.
ADd9a TIL that irukandji jellyfish are both the smallest and one of the most venomous jellyfish in the world. There stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain hemorrhages and have been described as "100 times as potent as that of a cobra and 1,000 times stronger than a tarantula's".