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TIL the Hindenburg airship had a smoking lounge with one electric lighter

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LBod TIL that of the approximately 1.7 million interracial crimes committed in the U.S. each year, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites.
4XbM6 TIL that from 1956 to 2008, the world record for the most-attended baseball game was held by Australia's Melbourne Cricket Ground, which hosted a crowd of 114000 for a game between the Australian National Team and a US Armed Services Team
6LaX TIL that it snows metal on Venus
5YoEk TIL the Dunning-Kruger Effect: the cognitive bias of illusory superiority, or why incompetent people think they're amazing. "When arguing with a fool, make sure the other person isn't doing the same"
Dbvj TIL that Kenny Rogers Roasters failed in the U.S. but continues to grow in Asia to this day