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TIL the oldest continuously existing brand in the world is Pears Soap.

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D17kp TIL Walt Disney World near Orlando briefly had a real airport with a singing runway. Grooves in the tarmac were spaced so the lines played the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when planes rolled over them. The airport closed in 1972.
WkMO8 TIL that if you hold in too many farts, the gas can be reabsorbed and then exhaled in your breath.
lowJA TIL that upon the archaeological discovery of Chechen-Soviet soldiers from WW2 in Ukraine, archaeologists discovered letters addressed to relatives in Chechen towns which no longer exist. Further investigation revealed the Khaibakh massacre perpetrated by Soviet forces.
1aOBP TIL that if the last of Iberian lynx population (94 in 2002) died out, it would be the first feline to become extinct since the sabre-toothed tiger 10,000 years ago.
RRAl TIL That, according to some interpretations, the US Presidential Succession Act is unconstitutional, and members of Congress cannot succeed to the Presidency.