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TIL that red Solo cups are a common souvenir for foreigners to bring back from the USA.

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N7yX6 TIL that of the 77 Olympians competing in the golf tournament at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 74 of them represented the USA and 3 of them represented Canada. Canada won the Gold.
xxR7 TIL that US presidents do not age faster while in office. The wrinkles and gray hair acquired at fast rates are due to them being on their 40s and 50s at the time of their inauguration
m1XWO TIL a Kentucky man was awarded $450,000 in a lawsuit against his ex-employers who purportedly terminated him due to a panic attack he had at his surprise birthday party, causing him to leave.
xVNLb TIL Boeing 737 Max airplanes Flight control run on, Collins Aerospace FCC-730 series computers, first built in 1996. Each computer features a pair of single-core, 16-bit processors that run independently of each other.
6ydX TIL that in 1900, 38% of cars were electrically powered