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TIL that the missing airplane is the 404th boeing 777 2H6ER to be made therefore it is the “404 not found”

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WkPVA TIL the Tarahuma of the Sierra Madre Occidental have a reputation as incredible long distance runners. From 1992 to 1998, 35 Tarahumas ran in 8 ultra-marathons in the US. Most finished in the top 10 with 4 outright wins and 2 course records.
ADMog TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.
9wJj6 TIL that the US didn't have a unified intelligence agency until 1941, when Royal Navy Admiral John Godfrey, director of Naval Intelligence, met with President Roosevelt and urged its creation. Roosevelt agreed. Godfrey's assistant at the meeting was Lt. Cdr. Ian Fleming, who later wrote James Bond
oRJYK TIL the first Mary Poppins book originally had a chapter where Mary and the children travel around the world and meet racially stereotypical people. This chapter was revised in 1967 to make the characters less offensive, and later revised in 1980 so that they were talking animals instead of humans.
aJbZ TIL, as of May 2014, the four largest wireless operators in the US will have a “Text-to-911” service intended for people with speech/hearing disability, as well as cases where a voice call might otherwise be dangerous.