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TIL that during the opening ceremony of Ottawa international Airport’s new terminal in 1959 a USAF F-104 Starfighter did a supersonic flypast. The resulting sonic boom shattered nearly all the glass in the airport and caused significant structural damage, delaying the opening for another year.

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JGrj TIL there was a non-Japanese, non-spouse American who voluntarily went to a Japanese American Internment Camp in WWII.
D1Y6p TIL of a woman who sat on a toilet for two years and that was enough time for her skin to get fused with the toilet seat. Emergency workers had to use a pry bar to remove the seat from the toilet. She was taken to the hospital with the seat still attached.
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VMAAZ TIL that descendants of slaves continued to pay, via their taxes, for the freedom of their ancestors until 2015, when the British government finally paid off the 1833 loan that was used to buy freedom for all slaves in the British Empire.
LkEWd TIL Sears once sold homes though their catalogue. These kits would include everything the home would require, including plumbing, heating and wiring. Parts would arrive by train to the buyer, who would assemble it themselves. Many of these houses still stand today.