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TIL that Basque cheesecake was called that because it was created in 1988 at a pintxo bar in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.

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n1br Hippos cannot swim. Their bodies are far too dense to float. Instead, they push off the bottom of the river or run along the riverbed.
VA94 TIL The bolt that holds the rotor onto the body of a Huey Helicopter is called the Jesus nut because if it fails the helicopter would detach from the rotors and the only thing left for the crew to do would be to pray to Jesus as they fell from the sky.
5YAgP TIL that the longest successful glide by a passenger jet was Air Transat Flight 236 from Toronto to Lisbon in August, 2001. The aircraft glided 120 kilometers (75 miles) at 33,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean after a fuel leak caused both engines to flame out. All passengers and crew survived.
jNYyp TIL professional baseball player Rupert Mills played a non-existent 1916 season for his disbanded Federal League team by showing up to the empty ballpark every day, ready to play, in order to earn his salary
VMBwZ TIL that because some towns in America are so small they have 6 man football teams instead of the usual 11 man team.