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TIL DJ John Digweed's brother George is 26 times World Clay Shooting Champion

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ANkml TIL Richard M. Daley authorized the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport in Chicago. This stranded 16 planes on the ground including several Fire Department helicopters. The FAA fined the city $33,000 for not giving 30 days notice ahead of an airport closure.
LQgpm TIL The tallest dam on earth, the Usoi Dam, is not man-made. The dam is a landslide from the 1911 Sarez earthquake that blocked the Murghab River in Tajikistan. In 2015 the dam survived a 7.2 magnitude earthquake with no signs of deterioration.
OQQg TIL that cutting global poverty in half would cost $20 billion, less than 4% of the U.S. military budget
V0mG TIL A short film was made in 1976 where a man drives 85 mph through Paris while ignoring red lights, driving the wrong way on one-way streets, and driving on the sidewalk to avoid a rubbish truck to get to his date. The director was rumored to be arrested on it’s first screening.
WL68 TIL Teddy Roosevelt was involved in a bar fight, which began after a man bullied him for wearing glasses. Teddy, being an experienced boxer, knocked the man out cold after one punch.