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TIL Wyoming only has 2 sets of escalators

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aw59N TIL modern-day airplanes can withstand an intense amount of turbulence. The last time turbelance alone caused a plane crash was 1966.
NV0e TIL… When Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, a reporter asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.” [Fixed Title]
X0DgD TIL the state of Louisiana is named after King Louis XIV of France.
DNav TIL that people are being held hostage so that their blood can be regularly drained and sold for profit.
AJZa TIL while exploring South Dakota in 1822, Hugh Glass was left for dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear. He later awoke, set his broken leg, laid upon a rotting log to let maggots eat his gangrenous flesh, and crawled 200 miles to the nearest settlement, living off berries and roots.