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TIL that Thankgiving and Hanukkah, which overlap this year, will not coincide again until the year 79811.

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jNNNX TIL of Grizzly Bear #122 of Banff National Park - he is the largest bear in the area, has eaten a couple black bears, has fathered 5 cubs, and was hit by a train and lived.
pKQA TIL Thousands of prisoners were abandoned in Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina where the water and sewage rose up to neck deep. They went days without food, water or ventilation.
x6787 TIL that it took Boeing less than 3 years from starting the 747 project to first flight. The first commercial flight occurred 11 months later.
Z8OQ4 TIL about Monte Testaccio, an ancient artificial mound in Rome in which more than 50 Million pieces of Roman pottery were discarded. It was in operation till the 3rd century AD.
M77L7 TIL about “The Open Veins of Latin America,” a seminal historical analysis on resource exploitation since the Conquistadors, and how precious metal mining for bullets and aircraft feeds the Northern hemisphere’s depletion of resources and people from the Rio Grande to the Amazon