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TIL Ashley Madison (a website to assist in having affairs) has it’s largest amount of registrations on the day after Valentine’s Day, day after Mother’s Day and day after Father’s Day.

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lQdA TIL Hitler had plans to build a “People’s Hall”, a 700 foot dome which would have been the largest enclosed structure on earth, complete with its own weather system inside of the building because of the sheer size.
VMpPk TIL that the first synthetic plastic was invented as a submission in a $10,000 award contest to find a replacement for ivory in the manufacture of billiard balls.
MEE7 TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days.
KG7Q TIL a man who entertained at restaurants played a stolen Stradivarius violin for over 50 years before confessing its true value to his wife on his deathbed
j6A4j TIL that Harry Houdini was also an actor and appeared in one of the first films depicting a powered exoskeleton.