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TIL that US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not.

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eKog TIL that the world’s oldest still-running car is 129 years old, runs on steam, won the world’s first car race, and was auctioned for over 4 million dollars.
vPr7 TIL that the human skull is one of the least deformable substances found in nature, needing 1 ton of force to reduce its diameter by 1 centimeter.
vPV6x TIL that Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a shipping and railroad empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world.
EgdJX TIL to avoid detection by sats Indian scientists working on nuclear testing would only work at night and return things to normal place by morning
85pV TIL the original Snow White(1812) included a death sentence by dancing and cannibalism. As punishment for trying to murder Snow 3 times, Snow forces the queen to dance in red hot iron shoes until she drops dead.