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TIL you are allowed to bring your own parachute on a US commercial flight.

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M7DWm TIL in 2017, Visa offered up to 50 small food and restaurant vendors $10,000 if they would agree to stop accepting cash.
YZVZ TIL: The rarest thing in the universe is the element Astatine, number 85 on the periodic table. What makes it so rare is that over time it turns into something else, in the matter of hours.
JXKV TIL that in the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella the ugly stepsisters cut off their toes and heels respectively to fit into the slipper. Each time the Prince is fooled, and requires doves to point out dripping blood. The same birds later peck out the sisters’ eyes during Cinderella’s wedding.
eV94 TIL Research reveals viewers begin to abandon a streaming video if it does not start up within two seconds. Each additional second of delay results in a 5.8 percent increase in the abandonment rate
JYKBl TIL Americans are the most charitable group of people in the entire world. "Americans are about twice as generous in their private giving as Canadians, and 3-15 times as charitable as the residents of other developed nations. Americans volunteer more than almost any other wealthy people."