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TIL that Judge Judy isn’t officially a judge; she’s actually an arbitrator and her show depicts real-life civil disputes dressed up like it’s real court

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epVR4 TIL Peri Gilpin (who played Roz on Frasier) lost her news anchor father (Jim O'Brien) in a skydiving accident in 1983.
P17PV TIL The word "man" was originally gender-neutral, hence "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". In Old English "wæpman" = male, "wifman" = female, "man" = gender-neutral
d8wEd TIL that while the Eagles were recording their Hotel California album, they had to stop recording "on numerous occasions" because Black Sabbath was in the same studio, and were so loud the sound was coming through the walls.
Oo5Oe TIL About Charlie, a Blue Macaw who is still alive after 120 years. He first hatched in 1899 and is the oldest of his kind ever recorded. He can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propoganda at his home at a garden centre in England.
n1nb TIL that some airlines require a pilot and co-pilot to consume different meals from each other, in case one makes you sick