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TIL when you see CNN playing in airport terminals you're actually watching a special version of the channel CNN produces just for airports

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epj6n TIL: The 1891 New Orleans lynching of 11 Italian Americans, in New Orleans, was the largest single mass lynching in American history
WkWpN TIL that in January 2000, British boxer Julius Francis faced Mike Tyson. British newspaper The Mirror was so certain of Francis' defeat that they paid £20,000 for an advert on the soles of his shoes. Francis lost in two rounds, but he enjoyed the biggest payday of his career, at around £350,000
8lGZ TIL that the ancient Romans possessed an herb that was so effective at birth control that they harvested it to extinction
m1Y6O TIL Jet turbine blades are made in such a way that the entire blade is a single metallic crystal, oriented so its strongest at the leading edge.
nKMb TIL the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Sukarno by telling him they had a sex tape of him. Sukarno was delighted and asked for extra copies