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TIL that a pilot can open a jetliner's cockpit window mid-flight.

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oRrW7 TIL the State of Kansas has 105 counties. One is named after a woman. Barton County, Kansas is named for U.S. Red Cross legend Clara Barton.
6rw7 TIL that at the start of WWI, Italy developed the Villar Perosa Double Machine Gun that could fire 1200-1500 rounds per minute, but they were unable to figure out a practical use for it until the end of the war.
m11jO TIL of the Sydney Tar Ponds, an area in Sydney, Nova Scotia where a local steel mill was continuously pouring over 750,000 tons of sludge and toxic chemicals into the area for over 100 years. The $400m cleanup finished by burying the sludge in concrete and turning it into a local park.
16Zpd TIL that the largest man made nuclear explosion shattered glass 480 miles away and was visible from both Greenland and Alaska
YPwP TIL Mr. Rogers’ car was stolen, only to have it return by the thieves with a note saying “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it”.