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TIL 80% of shops in Sicily pay protection money to the Mafia.

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GAQ0J TIL the longest continuous flight in history wasn't at all what I expected. Not some ultra rich guy in a luxury aircraft refuelling mid-air. Not some government's flying fortress hiding sensitive technology and/or gathering intel. Nope just two guys in a tiny Cessna promoting a casino.
KOKr9 TIL Late in his life, Charles Lindbergh had affairs that produced three children by a German woman and two children by her sister. These children only found out who their father was using DNA testing after his death.
AD4Wd TIL the James Webb telescope is so powerful that it can see the heat signature of a bumblebee at the distance of the Moon
5YpRr TIL: In the 1930s, metallic paints were invented for cars. They were made with fish scales and it would take 40,000 herring to make a single kilo of paint.
a8Lpo TIL that Princess Bride Robin Wright and Carey Elwes were in Jim Carrey's 'A Christmas Carol'