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TIL United Airlines has no provision in their Contract of Carriage to remove a passenger from an oversold flight, only to deny them boarding the flight.

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M8mW TIL Gladiator 2 was supposed to be about Maximus being revived by the Gods and is given the quest to murder Jesus Christ and his followers in order to save the Gods who are in heaven. No studio wanted to take on the project.
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8174 TIL that during the Rwanda Genocide, Hotel Manager Paul Rusesabagina hid 1,268 refugees in his hotel, none of which were hurt or killed.
awvgM TIL that the longest ship ever built, the Seawise Giant, is longer than the Empire State Building is tall. The ship could reach up to 20 mph and it took 5.5 miles to stop from that speed and the ship had a 2 mile turning circle.
womyY TIL in the 80's Ringo Starr of The Beatles narrated the original episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine