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TIL that there is a random runway in the middle of the Everglades that is only used for training. It was originally intended to be the first runway of a new airport for Miami, intended to be the largest airport in the world, but the project was canceled due to environmental concerns.

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Z8BYD TIL of Amaro Pargo, arguably the most successful Spanish corsair during the golden age of piracy, he'd attack British & Dutch ships and is known to have fought contemporaries such as blackbeard. He rose to nobility for his services to the Spanish crown and died the richest man on the Canary Islands.
Brldy TIL The reason Jonathan Frakes has a distinctive way of sitting (known as the Riker maneuver) on The Next Generation is because he injured his back working as a furniture mover. This is also why he leans on chairs and consoles, or has one leg propped up on something.
Zpp1D TIL The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. It was apparently chosen because of its connection with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology
0w19y TIL that the term “corn hole” (aka butt-hole) is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper."
X0eAR TIL in 1516 Germany passed the Reinheitsgebot law stating only water, barley and hops be used to make beer. This was due to sanitation reasons and because unscrupulous brewers sometimes added hallucinogenic plants to their brew.