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TIL that on 9/11 an FBI informant was making a covert recording in WTC 3 and just happened to catch the audio and panic of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center (first plane impact at 1:10:40, second at 1:27:28)

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5lD9 TIL the collective name for ladybirds is a loveliness of ladybirds
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
e0OeL TIL that the office of Vice Presidency was considered so insignificant that former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Daniel Webster turned it down twice from two different presidents. Ironically, both presidents (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor) died while in office.
AD89x TIL the human body emits light as an energy called biophotons (unrelated to visible bioluminescence).
6EvYw TIL Mickey Mouse becomes public domain on January 1, 2024.