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TIL that the IATA code for Sembach Airport, Germany is SEX

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4k4vN TIL that space junk/debris falls back to Earth on a daily basis, and not all re-entries are controlled. The CORDS Reentry Database documents objects and payloads that have reentered earth’s atmosphere since 2000.
9Yd9B TIL that the Japanese city of Tokyo has a higher population than 49 states in the United States, only excluding California.
xV5WB TIL chicken produced in US has been banned in the EU since 1997 as it is washed in a strong chlorine solution. The chlorine washing is popular in US due to poor hygiene standards in abattoirs.
oKrA TIL blacks were given ‘ghetto loans’, which were higher-interest subprime loans normally reserved for customers with bad credit ratings, even if they qualified for a normal loan. It found out that high-income blacks were almost twice as likely to end up with subprime mortgages as low-income whites.
69bxW TIL surgery/anaesthesia increases your risk of dementia