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TIL flights from Los Angeles to Seoul Korea fly over Alaska. I had to grab a globe just to verify that it is the shortest distance.

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rRgbd TIL Nik Wallenda was the first person in over a century to cross the Niagara falls on a tightrope, which required two years of work to get a special dispensation, costed over a million dolars, and had to carry with him his passport to present it when he arrived at the Canadian side.
e0Be4 TIL in 2011, the FBI revealed Notorious B.I.G. was killed by a very rare type of ammunition, which also was found in former LAPD officer (and suspect) David Mack's home.
OjNg TIL a 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 80s to employees who had worked at the Germany LEGO factory for over twenty-five years. They are valued at nearly $15,000.
Brlwk TIL that the world's largest film studio is Hengdian Studios, in China. Basically a city of permanent full-scale replicas of palaces, fortresses, and towns from various periods of China's history. Whole populations of nearby towns are often employed to be extras for period dramas & fantasy movies.
4Xxxw TIL Popeye the Sailor Man was loosely based on a man named Rocky Feigel from Chester Illinois.