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TIL that the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was first flown in 1952. There are still 58 in active service and the B52 is expected to remain in service into the 2050s.

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Ooa4e TIL some Jewish males celebrate a second Bar Mitzvah at age 83, under the logic that the Torah states a normal lifespan is 70 years, thus an 83-year-old can be considered 13 in a second lifetime. This practice is becoming more common as people live longer, healthier lives
Zpg9G TIL that cicadas pee by ejecting water from their bodies and there’s a term called cicada rain.
Av8o TIL movies prospered without popcorn until the Great Depression, when theater owners scrambled to make up for reduced ticket prices by turning to “audible edibles.” From 1934 to 1940, the nation’s annual popcorn harvest grew from 5 million to 100 million pounds.
9w7d6 TIL that 27 U.S. states are at least partially north of the southernmost part of Canada.
6E0lY TIL that Breads in mediaeval Europe were ranked on the basis of classes of people it served.