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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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gMZ07 TIL over half of all the world's cobalt comes from the Congo, much of it mined by children and slaves, and is a crucial ingredient in all lithium-ion batteries, especially electric car batteries and clean energy storage, and is often classified as a conflict mineral.
D1pej TIL When British Airways had trouble erecting the London Eye, Virgin flew an airship over it saying "BA Can't Get It Up"
9YO5X TIL former Manchester United player Patrice Evra has 23 brothers and sisters
ZrJv TIL there have only been two vice presidential resignations, John Calhoun and Spiro Agnew, in United States history. If a vice president resigns, both Houses of Congress must approve any vice presidential nominee made by the President.
9Y817 TIL that Pete Brownell, of Brownell firearms, is also CEO of the NRA.