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TIL that the Mexican Government Has Seized 599 aircraft — 586 planes and 13 helicopters — From The Sinaloa Cartel Between 2006 and 2015. That's More Planes Than Owned By Mexico's Largest Airline.

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Egg40 TIL that all ships of the Royal Australian Navy are marked with a large red kangaroo. This tradition came about after Australian warships were frequently confused with British vessels
0wnwM TIL that when Albert Eіnstеin first visited the USA in 1921, Bruce Falconer, a New York City official, delayed Eіnstеin being handed the key to the city, because he was unfamiliar with his work and argued no one could prove his claims
mx4oM TIL in the 1920s, a strange disease known as encephalitis lethargica spread throughout the world, effecting 5 million people. It killed 1 million, and many of the survivors were left unable to move or speak, but were conscious and aware. No cure was ever found, and it disappeared by 1926.
QJGL9 TIL Antarctica used to be covered in lush rainforests well adapted to months with no sunlight in the winter
BLLy TIL that the first album release from Priority Records was by ‘The California Raisins’ a fictional rhythm and blues group made up of anthropomorphized raisins singing hit songs like 'I Heard It Through The Grape Vine’ in order to sell more raisins. The second was Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.