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TIL Airport noise complaints come from a small group of mostly the same individuals (page 53 of linked document)

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kv6E TIL some cities in Canada used repositionable graphics resembling potholes to deter people from speeding
Pg8Z TIL that in 1775 the royal governor of Virginia offered slaves freedom if they fought for the british in the American Revolution. After the war, the promise was kept with about 14k slaves being freed.
74yM TIL in 1944, Lt Leon Crane bailed out of a malfunctioning plane, survived in Alaskan wilderness for 81 days, and walked 120 miles to safety
BpZd TIL that in 1986 the dictator of the Philippines, Marcos, held an election to prove the peoples’ love of him, and then proceeded to lose that election
X0J9X TIL: three different cardiac surgeons (Norwood, Glenn, Fontan) independently came up with surgeries to fix babies’ congenital heart defects. Nowadays the surgeries are done one after another as part of one mega treatment (“staged” reconstruction)