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TIL that one of the earliest hang gliders was invented in 1853 by George Cayley who created a slope-launched, piloted glider.

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ZxZp TIL that FEMA uses Waffle Houses being open as an indicator of how bad a natural disaster is.
o518 TIL that every year, the city of Oslo, Norway donates a Christmas tree to Britain as a token of gratitude for their help in World War II.
5YxQn TIL that there is a monument in Georgia which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also functioning as a compass, calendar and clock
9YMVB TIL that Poison Dart Frogs derive their toxicity from eating poisonous ants and termites in the wild, and that captive-bred Dart Frogs are essentially harmless, as their diets do not contain poisonous prey.
Z8nav TIL of Ventilator 202, a popular 80’s live radio show in Beograd, Yugoslavia, which would occasionally broadcast computer games audio for listeners to record on tapes and run on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and other tape based computers.