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TIL: Open Skies is an international treaty signed by 34 nations which allows member states to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over any part of each others territory.

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VoJk TIL France is the second largest hip hop market in the world
gyQ4 TIL Joan Rivers, a regular guest host, was banned from The Tonight Show after a falling out with Johnny Carson after Rivers accepted a hosting gig on FOX. In 2014 Fallon invited her back to “Tonight”, 49 years to the day after her first appearance. She died 6 months later.
WkdvB TIL researchers have mapped the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja). They found 12,000 genes expressed in the venom glands; of these, 139 help create toxins, and a subset of 19 genes cause paralysis/nausea/internal bleeding. It forms the platform to synthesize an ideal antidote to the cobra bite.
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