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TIL Sioux Lookout was once home to the second busiest airport in North America behind Chicago.

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Y7ROZ TIL The Photos in the Cheers Opening montage were taken at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota in 1937
PYPpO TIL Christopher Reeve's accident was so severe that he needed surgery to reattach his skull and spine. While awaiting the surgery, a man in a blue hat and yellow scrubs met with him, jokingly claiming he was a proctologist and that Reeves needed a rectal exam. That man was Robin Williams.
RXM4 TIL that the movie Crocodile Dundee’s character was loosely based on a man called Rod Ansell, who was lost in the outback for 56 days, sued Paul Hogan for not profiting from the film, lost his property, started growing weed, got hooked on meth and ended up dying in a drug fuelled police shootout.
b9K7j TIL that tunnel lights are orange near the entrance to help the human eye quickly adjust to low lights. Over the course of the tunnel, the lights gradually become whiter to similarly prepare the eye to be back outdoors.
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