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TIL engineers have been able to increase the damage resistance of an airplane's black box by 60 times thanks to studying the anatomy of a woodpecker's skull.

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MxQm TIL Gillian Anderson, who played FBI Agent Dana Scully in “The X-Files”, was not allowed to play Clarice Starling in 2001’s “Hannibal” because her “X-Files” contract forbade her from playing another FBI agent
p4l4 TIL the astronauts of Apollo 11 received a per diem of $8 a day for their mission to the moon.
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loRja TIL that in 1972, there were only 12 paramedic units in North America. The TV show Emergency! starring Randolph Mantooth as Johnny Gage introduced people to the concept of pre-hospital care and CPR.
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