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TIL a United Airlines passenger fell asleep on a flight and woke up locked in an empty plane. She was discovered by a maintenance crew after 4 hours! At which point she was detained and questioned.

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rNJn1 TIL that rockets are launched from near the equator because it gives them a large initial speed, helping reach space with less fuel. Over a 24-hour period, such places travel longer distances than places at higher latitudes, which means that they move faster and have more angular momentum.
9wQnr TIL: People with blue eyes have a higher rate of alcoholism than people with dark eyes
eD8k TIL that ‘Mitch’, a character from the 2012 movie ParaNorman, was the first openly gay character to appear in a mainstream children’s animated film.
OoMDg TIL that a University of Clemson student conducted an experiment in identifying ways to help turtles successfully cross roads. He placed a fake turtle in a road to observe driver behavior and disturbingly found that six percent of people deliberately went out of their way to hit the turtle.
0oO5 TIL the shoshinsha mark is a green and yellow symbol that new Japanese drivers must place on their cars for a year; conversely, the fukushi mark (orange and yellow) is for elderly drivers. Both marks warn other drivers that the marked driver is not very skilled due to inexperience or old age.