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TIL that many pro archers use surprise release mechanisms to prevent themselves from anticipating and reacting to the impending impact.

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Ka0R TIL in 2013 an Icelandair passenger drank an entire bottle of alcohol, grabbed women, strangled people, and screamed that the flight was going to crash. He was later taped to his seat by the crew
9YBjB TIL that in 1890, an 8-year-old boy named Henry James Bristow saved his 3-year-old sister's life by tearing off her clothing when she caught on fire. She had knocked over a paraffin lamp on the mantlepiece. Henry was severely burnt in the process and later died of his injuries.
dD8YZ TIL the animal with the strongest sense of smell is the African Elephant followed by the rat and the cow
7rryZ TIL the farthest the human eye can see unaided: at sea level you can see for just under 3 miles, on Mt. Everest you could potentially see 211 miles, but under a dark sky you can see the Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years away.
W7QrX TIL Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand were in freshman choir together at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, NY.