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TIL that decommissioned aircraft are now increasingly being sunk and transformed into artificial reefs, in an effort to boost tourism and restore the environment. Aircraft as large as the Airbus A300 have been sunk

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9Y00m TIL if you could drive your car at highway speeds in a straight line off the Earth, you could reach the International Space Station in about 4 hours.
kBe4 TIL that Sweden and Norway have a subculture of rednecks that like hot rods and wear the Confederate flag
16vo7 TIL that in 1996 a woman by the name of Georgiana Doerschuck ran for President. Her entire campaign platform was on banning computers. She received a measly 140 votes in the New Hampshire Primary.
5NdP TIL the constitution of the Bhutan specifies that 60% of the country must remain forested.
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