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TIL: The International Space Station weighs almost 463 tons (925,300 lbs)

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VBa0 [TIL] Jazz pianist Fats Waller was kidnapped by Al Capone’s thugs and ordered to play for Capone’s birthday. Three days later, he had earned thousands in tips from Capone and his gangsters.
8aYob TIL lenses implanted in the eye following cataract surgery, are the result of a surgeon realizing shrapnel from a WW2 windshield lodging in a pilot's eye did not cause an infection or show signs of tissue rejection.
6E79J TIL Brittany Murphy's death was ruled a result of pneumonia and severe anemia and within 6 months after her death her husband passed away in the same house due to... pneumonia and severe anemia.
daej TIL Dallas / Forth Worth Airport is bigger than the island of Manhattan.
jN79X TIL the city of Venice is actually mostly on the mainland. The historic old town is in the lagoon (the "floating city"), while 4/5ths of the city's 260 000 residents live on the mainland where there are normal streets, etc.