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

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Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
Wk6wA TIL It is estimated that trillions of oysters once surrounded New York City, filtering bacteria and acting as a natural buffer against storm surges.
yQMkl TIL there is a hybrid of a cow and a bison and they are called 'Beefalo'.
pEGZ TIL that Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated in 1946 to create 6 min master piece “Destino” the animation
gmZX TIL Tom hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks