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TIL (from the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation) that if you work for an airline and you blow the whistle on them for safety violations, you will NEVER be able to work in the aviation industry OR in any related government agencies ever again

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9dXp TIL John D. Rockefeller secretly purchased 35,000 acres at the base of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to protect the wilderness until the National Park Service could.
GY1BN TIL on April Fools’ Day 1997, Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak traded places. Pat Sajak hosted Jeopardy! and Alex Trebek hosted Wheel of Fortune with Sajak’s wife, Lesly, as Trebek’s co-host. Sajak and Vanna White played contestants at the wheel, with winnings going toward charities.
R7oR6 TIL the US National Anthem has a 5th verse which talks about a foe from within, and was added during the time of the Civil War to give hope for the future of the nation.
4Xma5 TIL Ukrainian Ivan Kharchenko personally defused more than 1500 bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms each and 25,000 other explosive objects during the battles of Stalingrad and Kiev. After WW2, he disarmed 16,000 more unexploded bombs
JM6v TIL PayPal Forced An Online Buyer To Destroy An Antique Violin To Get His Money Back After He Buyer Claimed It Wasn’t What He Wanted