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TIL Southwest Airlines gave passengers a fifth of liquor to choose them over Braniff Airways on flights between Houston and Dallas in the early 70's.

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oR7KA TIL in the UK and Australia "Where's Waldo?" is known as "Where's Wally?" and that's actually the character's original name!
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