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TIL: Denver International Airport, the largest in the US, is one and a half times the size of Manhattan

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p8dd4 TIL When Nikola Tesla showed in 1898 a radio controlled boat, people accused him of having a trained monkey driving it.
9YwNX TIL about the Great Filter, a theory that suggests the reason we haen't found life in space is because they don't pass through a part of their evolution known as the Great Filter, which wipes out the species. Worse, humans won't know if we pass through the filter until it'd be too late to save us.
jNxn TIL Richard Nixon scrupulously maintained a massive list of political enemies, including Joe Namath, Bill Cosby, and the Otis Elevator Company
m1l1P TIL In 1874 Tom Collins was a fake individual used to prank people. The prankster would tell the victim that Collins had slandered them and have the victim pursue the fictional man. Newspapers would go to make fake reports on Collins and music halls had songs about the event.
a87k0 TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company.