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TIL people used to be afraid of operator-less elevators just like people are now afraid of driverless cars

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JYGwk TIL that around the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas during the depression, pork and veal offcuts were cheaper than chicken, leading to "city chicken" a breaded stick of pork and veal that was fried up like chicken.
0rP5 TIL During storms at sea the waves would rock the boat so seasick passengers would head below deck to a lower point where the rocking was less noticeable. Passengers were thus forced under the deck by the weather… and the expression “under the weather” was born!
b6vMp TIL: Kleenex was invented as a cotton substitute for use by doctors during WWI
6EyaW TIL in July 1989 a Soviet pilot catapulted out of his MiG-23 over Poland, the plane flew another 1000 km. and crashed into a Belgium farm killing 1.
ZWXD TIL Fatso or “Keyboard Cat” died a long, long, long ass time ago; 1987 to be exact.