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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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ADM9l TIL An Extinct Bird Re-Evolved Itself Back Into Existence
wLXDo TIL Heroin was synthesized in 1897 at Bayer pharmaceutical by German chemists looking for a less potent form of morphine. Bayer marketed heroin as a "non-addictive morphine substitute" for cough suppressants.
Y7X0r TIL the spikes on a stegosaurus were named after a Gary Larson comic
eaDb TIL York, the only African slave on the Lewis and Clark Expeditions, was thought of as a wild, spiritual creature by the Arikara Indians, saved Meriwether Lewis from a Grizzly Bear, and was responsible for many decisions along the journey.
Me9pb TIL of Whittier, Alaska: A Community Under One Roof. It's a town that features a hotel and everyone in the community lives there and shares provisions. It's very hard to get to using a map and hard to enter considering that they physically block people out after a certain time.