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TIL that black swans are an actual type of swan, not just a rare color variant

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6Eg6l TIL that, as of today, the Berlin Wall has been gone for as long as it stood.
8apjL TIL of Thomas Fitzpatrick, who drunkenly stole a plane from New Jersey and landed on the street outside the bar in NYC where a patron didn't believe that he could get from New Jersey to the city in 15 minutes. Two years later he did it again after another bar patron didn't believe his first story.
d8BL9 TIL that "Home Alone" was the third highest grossing film of all time worldwide, at the time of release, after "Star Wars" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".
8aAxV TIL Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Califiornia wildfire, Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.
ZpvyD TIL about a quarter of the registered hosts on Airbnb own nearly two thirds of the listings. Wealthy users buying multiple houses to rent out is a significant contributor to the current housing crisis.