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TIL in 2011 a marine called customer support during a firefight because his M107 rifle failed and got it back working

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BrlEx TIL of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who in 1938 flew across the Atlantic in an experimental aircraft. Despite the Air Traffic Controller deeming it a suicide flight, and a fuel leak, he successfully completed the trip. He claimed to have lost his way in the clouds and lost his license for 2 weeks.
kJex7 TIL health professionals are more likely than the public at large to buy generic painkillers, because they realize that they’re just as effective as name brands
ANxNa TIL Hulu removed a Golden Girls episode in 2020 after a scene where Blanche and Rose, wearing mud masks, joke, “We’re not black,” during a plot about Dorothy’s son marrying a Black woman. Though not blackface, the scene was misinterpreted. The episode was restored in 2023 after a review of context.
wL0EW TIL There were only 3 billion humans in 1960
GYWN TIL Rabbits’ hind legs are so strong that if they are not restrained properly, the rabbit can break its own back by kicking too hard