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TIL that the world's first official airmail flight was conducted in 1911 in India, from Allahabad to Naini, over a distance of 13 km. The letters bore an official frank "First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition, Allahabad. 1911"

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GYG4N TIL Space Jam merchandise has earned at least 1.2 Billion dollars worldwide. Space Jam's “global economic impact" was estimated to be at around 4-6 Billion.
xV0J0 TIL between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Catholic church exhumed skeletons from catacombs and decorated them with gold and precious stones to serve as relics for saints. While some of the corpses may have been early martyrs, most actually did not belong to anybody with religious significance.
4XQON TIL of 67 yr-old 4'10" 100 lb Lorenza Marrujo, aka “Lady Ninja” who has a black belt in jiujitsu. When she saw a 5'9" 170 lb man attacking her friend, Lorenza bent his fingers back, hit him twice with her elbow in his sternum, and pinned him to the floor with knees on neck & chest till help arrived.
Y78Qr TIL that the American Dream Mall in New Jersey has escalators on the third floor that go to nowwhere. According to the malls spokesperson there are plans for a future entertainment expansion on a fourth floor. However no construction on it has begun, yet they already installed the escalators.
ADaL4 TIL that one of the 10 largest pyramids in the world is actually a Bass Pro Shop in Memphis, Tennessee