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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins

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wgrW TIL:in 1927, James Dole the “Pineapple King” sponsored the Dole Air Race, putting up a prize of $25,000 for the first airplane to fly from Oakland to Honolulu and $10,000 for second place. Those prizes were won by the only two airplanes to survive the flight. Ten other people died in their attempts.
GAKKJ TIL about 24 Hours of Lemons, an endurance race consisting entirely of beat-up lemon cars
e0Z9k TIL Dr. Suess was a political cartoonist, wrote a series of books on boners (NOT what you're thinking), made weird taxidermy sculptures out of assorted dead animal parts and had a collection of "Midnight Paintings" he didn't allow to be released until after his death.
8eaLP TIL that the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UK) conducted an online naming poll for a polar research vessel. The name "Boaty McBoatface " was the runaway winner of the poll with 124,109 votes.
4kJjb TIL Mick Jagger's ex-wife Jerry Hall & Keith Richards both reportedly asked Jagger to seek help for his sex addiction and both were thrilled when he sought help from a sex therapist until Jagger ended up seducing that sex therapist.