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TIL that a pilot was actually recorded saying “I picked a bad day to stop sniffin’ glue” shortly before his plane crashed

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eBND TIL That the oldest page still on the internet was from October 1st 1991.
ANd4 TIL You can bake cookies, brownies, etc on a waffle iron
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