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TIL A Microsoft researcher has come up with a great algorithm to depixel pixelart.

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16AgW TIL about disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein. In 1928 world's third richest person disappeared mid flight while travelling on his private plane.
loNd1 TIL its safer to do a 360 on short final at 100' AGL in to Mogadishu in a Boeing 727 than it is to fly over the city.
GAknG TIL happy hour is illegal in NC
xDKg TIL in Motorcycle Road Racing (i.e. Isle of Man TT) the paramedics ride superbikes too, following the racers, to be as fast as possible on the crash scene
Oorx4 TIL Canada has over 56 percent of the world's coastline. Canada's coastline has an overall length of 202,080 kms (125,567 miles)