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TIl there is one singular person still alive that was born before the Wright brothers first powered flight in December 1903

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jQRp TIL in the 1994 Caribbean Cup, due to an unusual variant of the golden goal rule where a goal in extra time was worth double points, Barbadoes scored an own goal deliberately as it was the only way for them to progress to the finals.
oBMpK TIL that in 1978 an architectural student discovered that a skyscraper in NY could topple if strong winds hit the building. The engineer that is credited for designing the building then made secret nightly repairs in collaboration with the NYPD, without alerting the general public to the danger
d8rPQ TIL that in Disney's The Sword in Stone, Arthur was voiced by three actors, leading to noticeable changes in voice between scenes — and sometimes, within the same scene. "Two [of the voice actors] were brothers, and sound somewhat similar; the third was not, and sounds distinctly different."
mx7Mx TIL about the extinct Antarctic wolf, which was the only land mammal native to the Falkland Islands and was so tame that "it was possible to lure the animal with a chunk of meat held in one hand, and kill it with a knife held in the other"
v1Ll7 TIL The calcium in out bones and the iron in our blood come from ancient explosions of giant stars.