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TIL there are only 13 active airships (blimps) in the world.

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j6KgM TIL: over the counter drugs don't actually even work
AN6Ed TIL that in 2004, USS Nimitz pilots encountered a "Tic Tac" UFO displaying impossible flight maneuvers like rapid acceleration and hovering with no visible propulsion. Multiple military eyewitnesses and radar data confirmed the sighting making it one of the most credible UFO encounters.
8allP TIL Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Famer, couldn't escape his older sister Cheryl's shadow while in high school. On January 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. He tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out Cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!
ZpLAG TIL before WWII 20% of the entire Jewish global population lived in Poland.
Eg8YV TIL about the Deccan Traps and their major role in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event