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TIL Louis Armstrong signed his letters, “Red beans and ricely yours…”

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pkl4 TIL there’s a Flight 666 registered with Finnair that has traveled to HEL (Helsinki), on multiple occasions of Friday the Thirteen.
Zp7rQ TIL that the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is the longest certified running race. The race distance is the distance from the west to the east coast of the US, plus 11 marathons.
6PEm TIL cannibalism is legal. The laws broken by most cannibals are murder/desecration of a corpse. If someone cuts off their own flesh and does not die, you may legally consume it.
nrMW TIL that besides the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination, there is the Nix film (VIDEO). The Nix film shows the entire JFK assassination from the complete OPPOSITE side of Dealey Plaza, facing the grassy knoll and Zapruder himself (who can be seen filming the assassination).
6EjwZ TIL: although their bodies were badly mangled from the effects of the high altitude / hypersonic orbiter breakup, forensic evidence has revealed that the Columbia Shuttle crew very likely died in seconds from rapid loss of pressure.