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TIL that in 2002, in commemoration of 9/11, Congress gathered in a joint session at Federal Hall in NYC, the site of the original meeting place of the first Congress in 1789.

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J1pxl TIL in 1986 Mark Wahlberg chased after three black kids, throwing rocks at them while shouting "kill the nier, kill the nier!".
aE6L TIL in the desert in Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, there are series of thousands ancient huge, wheel-shaped structures which can only be viewed from space, similar to Nazca lines in Peru
R5Lk7 TIL The unique sound of the drums in the famous drum break in Phil Collins 'In The Air Tonight' was an accident after a studio intercom button was activated in the studio when Collins was recording a Peter Gabriel song. The engineer heard the drums thru the intercom, loved the sound, and used it.
awMXJ TIL one of the shortest scheduled passenger flights in the world is from Westray to Papa Westray in the Scotland. Flights are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute.
1apQO TIL that according to the Deadpool 2 screenwriters the post-credits scene is in canon and the voice of the mystery villain is Ryan Reynolds