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TIL ‘The Villages", An over-55 community, has the highest consumption of draft beer and STD rate in the state of Florida

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W7Z6B TIL. In 1969, a Harrier aircraft flying from St Pancras station in London to Bristol Basin in Manhattan, New York for Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race. With aerial refueling, the Harrier managed to complete the feat in 6 hours and 11 minutes
MAAb TIL Myley Cyrus mocked Sinead O'Connor for her appearance on SNL where she ripped up a picture of the pope in a protest against pedophilia in the church… Sinead O'Connor was forced into the Madgalene Asylum at age 15, run by the Catholic Church, it forced women into slavery and abuse.
oBEMo TIL that in 408BC an actor named Hegelochus mispronounced a word and, instead of saying "after the storm I see again a calm sea," accidentally said "after the storm I see again a weasel." This mistake was so mocked by other Ancient Greeks that over two millennia later we still know his name.
Vxk TIL Miranda from Lizzie McGuire was arrested in 2007 for meth possession.
n7xP TIL Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech is owned by CBS and it is illegal to distribute it