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TIL Eastern Airlines closed so suddenly in 1991 that thousands of passengers and crew were left stranded across the country as their connecting flights, or return flights, were suddenly cancelled.

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l7jDA TIL after the 1838 Mormon War, a clash between Mormons & a unit of the state militia, Missouri Governor signed an executive order calling for Mormons to be "exterminated" or "driven from the state". Although no evidence exists of any Mormons being killed from this order, 15,000 fled to Illinois
BrJGd TIL the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team perform all their maneuvers on an aircraft with a modified control stick spring tensioned with 40 lbs of pressure. Additionally the pilots do not use G-suits despite making high-G maneuvers during their routines.
OBm6 TIL Hellbanning: The practice of making a user’s [troll’s] contributions invisible to the rest of an online community, while the user still perceives they are participating normally – i.e. blanket enforcement of “don’t feed the trolls”.
KOrpB TIL That Chicago passed an Ugly Law that prevented anyone who was disabled, deformed, or an unsightly or disgusting object from exposing themselves to public view. Beggars were fined from $1.00 up to $50.00, or shipped to the poorhouse. This law was active in Chicago until 1974.
jNWrR TIL Victor Hugo's father was a general in Napoleon's army. Victor's 1st novel was published when he was only 20 and earned him a royal pension from King Louis XVIII. It then took him a full 17 years to write Les Misérables.