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TIL Fedex keeps empty planes in the sky to be able to respond to changing freight demand quickly

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X0MdX TIL U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson used to give out toothbrushes with the Presidential Seal on them. He said he wanted people to think of him last thing at night and first thing in the morning.
PYBaG TIL that Judith Viorst (author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) wrote a poem about her parents' deaths when she was seven. Both her parents were still alive at the time, and were not amused.
mjEv TIL during the filming of Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren hit Sylvester Stallone so hard he had to stay in intensive care for four days.
VgyZ TIL that a man ran ran 247 triathlons including 6 ironmans and 7 half ironmens, as well as 70 marathons… pulling or pushing his son.
XGQk TIL that a kilometer high skyscraper is under construction right now in Saudi Arabia