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TIL Implosive Joining creates a permanent, high-quality connection via an implosive that presses together cables.

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KOABa TIL during a training exercise, an F-106 fighter jet entered a flat spin, causing the pilot to bail out. Instead of crashing, the jet continued flying and landed on its belly in a field, only suffering minor damages.
X0Bpk TIL that when cars were new, hitting a pedestrian was a serious matter called a motor killing. As it happened more as there were more cars and more crashes, Car Manufacturers hired public relations spin doctors to invent the word Jaywalker to shift fault to pedestrians for getting hurt and dying.
698MZ TIL a criminal named James Allen requested a copy of his deathbed confessions be bound in his skin and given to a man Allen had previously attempted to rob. The family kept it for years, using it to spank their kids and grandkids when the children misbehaved.
oAA TIL that owls are unable to move their eyes in any direction.
V80B TIL that John Lennon’s father, Alfred Lennon, released an album in 1965. John was embarrassed by it so he had it pulled in Europe and the U.S.