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TIL about "corner crossing," a legally ambiguous method of entering public land that has otherwise been deliberately blocked off by a private party for their exclusive use.

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8woL TIL that there is a town Honduras where once a year, hundreds of small silver fish rain from the sky. Locals are stumped on where the fish come from or why the fish are blind.
QNDVk TIL That the Airfield where the Wright Brothers first flew, has its own IATA Airport code (FFA) and is a National Park where you can still land planes and Gliders.
oB5wo TIL that the eastern most part of Russia and the western most part of USA are separated by just 2.4 miles or 3.8 kilometers. Russia is the closest country to USA which doesn't share a land border.
4kvrJ TIL Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer is the 3rd highest-earning American game show contestant ever at $3.52 million & also holds the single-game winnings record at $131,127. He's the first & only player to win $100,000+ in a single episode and he accomplished this feat six times.
kJj87 TIL that the Chinese national anthem changed after Mao's death