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TIL there is a sourdough “hotel” at the Arlanda Airport in Sweden that will care for your sourdough starter while you’re away.

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kJYoB TIL about Operation Popeye, where the US attempted to weaponize the weather during the Vietnam War by extending the monsoon season to disrupt North Vietnam's logistics
1Ve8 TIL ancient Egyptians used meteorites as jewelry
KJgG TIL in the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were quite popular. The winner would be whoever rode the greatest distance in the 6days. They would get extremely little sleep and hallucinate on the track.
nM5d TIL Dr. Seuss was once challenged to help combat illiteracy in children. So he wrote the book, ‘The Cat in the Hat.’ It took him nine months and only using 236 words to completed it.
BrlEx TIL of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who in 1938 flew across the Atlantic in an experimental aircraft. Despite the Air Traffic Controller deeming it a suicide flight, and a fuel leak, he successfully completed the trip. He claimed to have lost his way in the clouds and lost his license for 2 weeks.