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TIL There are up to 500,000 people of Palestinian descent in Chile

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OoApR TIL That the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has the entire earth and every airport rendered meaning you could fly to your own house.
OGPg6 TIL that after the USS Thresher submarine sank & imploded in 1963 due to construction and engineering oversights, an admiral remarked: "...it is important that we re-evaluate our present practices where, in the desire to make advancements, we may have forsaken the fundamentals of good engineering."
e0Qyn TIL that Turtle Island is a name for North America used by some Indigenous and First Nations people and by some Indigenous rights activists, based on the Iroquois belief that the earth is supported on the back of a gigantic turtle called Hah-nu-nah
0wjRv TIL of The HERO Initiative, the first federally recognized not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping comic book creators, writers and artists in need. Many comic creators were often paid little for their work, and were not allowed to keep their creations. Guillermo del Toro is on the board.
R59N6 TIL in 1959, thirty TV Westerns aired during prime time in the US; none had been canceled that season, while 14 new ones had appeared. In one week in March 1959, eight of the top ten shows were Westerns. In addition, an estimated $125 million in toys based on TV Westerns were sold that year.