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TIL, Tyler Myers and Quentin Grimes are the first set of siblings to play in the NHL and NBA. Tyler, the taller of the two at 6'8", is a defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks and Quentin, who is 6'5", plays shooting guard for the Detroit Pistons.

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kOBEB TIL Rice farming occupies almost a third of Earth’s fresh water.
EMKw TIL The SR-71 had an armed version called the F-12, which carried three Falcon missiles that were capable of mach 4. The aircraft was actually tested and shot down a bomber from nearly 74,000 feet. It was cancelled when Robert McNamara refused to release its funding, and instead spent it on Vietnam.
OG0a7 TIL almost 100 years before railroads, England’s Bridgewater Canal made it so one horse could pull 30 tons of coal, dropping the fuel price in half. It was so successful that it created a 1770’s “canal mania” starting the Industrial Revolution.
b6OM7 TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife.
16GO8 TIL In 2020, a Pakistan airlines Airbus tried to land with the landing gear still up. It then crashed, killing 97. An investigation later found that 150 of the 434 pilots for the airline had bogus or suspicious flying licences.