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TIL the Rennaissance fair was formed by Hollywood actors who were blacklisted for accusations of communism during the red scare in the 1960s

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RYyj TIL 43% of British pilots admitted to falling asleep during flights, 33% of them reported waking up to find that their co-pilots had fallen asleep as well, according to a survey carried between 2010 & 2012 [PDF]
avjo TIL that Philadelphia cream cheese was first created in New York. It was named after Philadelphia because at the time, the city was renowned for its production of similar cheeses. Also, in Mexico, any brand of cream cheese is often referred to as “queso filadelfia.”
R7V77 TIL the biggest infrastructure project in the U.S. ($512 BILLION), the Interstate Highway System, was built and championed by Eisenhower in 1956, because he thought it was virtually impossible to travel US roads after experiencing the German Autobahn in WW2 during his experience as General.
jN4a TIL that when asked what he’d do if his daughter got pregnant, Republican Vice President Dan Quayle said in 1992 that he would support her in whatever she decided to do. Asked the same about his own daughter, then presidential challenger Bill Clinton replied “I wouldn’t talk to the press about it.”
p8OyN TIL Mussolini called Hitler's Mein Kampf "a boring tome that I have never been able to read" and said Hitler's views were "little more than commonplace clichés"