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TIL after his wife died, Rick Moranis quit Hollywood so he could spend his time raising his children.

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4XYJR Fifty years ago today, air stewardess Vesna Vulovic plunged more than 33,000 feet from an exploding airliner, landed in a Czechoslovak mountain range, and survived. Subsequently, it was determined that Vulovic’s fall was the highest that a human has ever sustained without a parachute.
VQmD TIL that pants were likely invented to make horseback riding more comfortable.
e01GL TIL France banned short haul domestic flights where train alternative exists for environmental reasons. A flight from Paris to the same destination can be more than 70 times dirtier in terms of carbon emission than trains while saving few minutes.
9wYQX TIL that David Bowie's song 'Fame' was co-written by John Lennon. 'Fame' was Bowie's first number 1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100.
OoEeX TIL that the worlds longest wedding veil was/is 63 football fields long.