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TIL that although they were founded in 1926, the Harlem Globetrotters didn't play their first game in Harlem until 1968

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GRGJ TIL the first chairman of the 9/11 Commission was Henry Kissinger. One of the family members of the victims of 9/11 asked Kissinger if he “had any clients by the name of bin Laden.” Kissinger resigned soon after that.
69bbQ TIL helicopters can produce deadly turbulance at airfields which can make small "General Aviation" aircraft lose control and crash if not properly managed.
J0Pl TIL Ben Franklin never patented any of his designs and inventions. He believed “that as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously”
Oo704 TIL There are 16 states who's lowest elevation is higher than Florida's highest elevation.
AOYB TIL Saddam Hussein had a Quran written using his blood. It is considered sinful to write out the Quran in blood, but it is also forbidden to defile or deface it. One Iraqi was quoted as saying “"It is forbidden to write the Qur'an in blood, but how could we destroy the holy book from God?”