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TIl Benjamin Kyle is the only American citizen officially listed as missing dispute his whereabouts being known

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oR9ME TIL Jews began arriving to Jamaica in the 1490s. By the 1700s they formed 18% of the capital's population and worshipped openly at both Sephardic and Ashkenazi synagogues. In the 1830s, they became full citizens of the nation - before many Jewish communities in Europe...
W4pd TIL that the Concorde used more fuel taxiing to the end of the runway than a Boeing 737 needs to fly all the way from London to Amsterdam
M7mab TIL Plato once offered a literal definition of humanity: he called a human “a featherless biped”. Cynic philosopher Diogenes took it literally – he plucked a chicken, strode into Plato’s lecture hall & announced, “Here is Plato’s man.” Plato had to add “with broad, flat nails” to save face.
9Yp7 TIL that in 2011, two Domino’s Pizza Store Managers were charged with arson after burning down a nearby Papa John’s in Southern Florida
xLX1 TIL a cat purrs at the same rate as an idling diesel engine - roughly 26 cycles per second.