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TIL No member of the band The Police has naturally blonde hair: they started dyeing their hair for a Wrigley's commercial.

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mxQBv TIL November 14, 1910 Eugene Ely made the first airplane takeoff from a warship in a Curtiss pusher airplane from the cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, VA. Ely later completes the first landing and takeoff from a ship in 1911. His flights marked the beginning of carrier aviation.
X1RR TIL that there is only one legally operated gun store in all of Mexico
6al8 TIL that in order to explore and exploit economic benefits from The Lord of the Rings movies, New Zealand’s government appointed a “Minister of Lord of the Rings” to their cabinet
R5dG7 TIL that the ancient Chinese used lead as a stimulate and a contraceptive.
GAXGQ TIL that people of normal weight with the apple body shape are at higher risk of death than overweight or obese people with pear or hourglass shaped bodies