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TIL only 5 to 12 percent of the people alive today have been on a plane. The majority of air travel is undertaken by a mere 2 percent of the world’s population.

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4Kbo TIL that Chernobyl is the Ukrainian word for wormwood. In the Book of Revelation the star Wormwood is connected to a event that is predicted to poison large numbers of people.Thus some people regard that prophecy has already come to pass.
5VQB9 TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat
wbdo TIL Albatrosses are so adapted to their oceanic existence that they spend the first six or more years of their long lives (which last upwards of 50 years) without ever touching land.
grxgy TIL I learned that there was a suspected fifth flight on 9/11 that was thwarted by the nationwide ground stop. When the captain said the flight was returning to the gate, several first class passengers got very upset and demanded to speak to the captain. Back at the gate, they ran off the plane.
4kLyw TIL that ladybugs are named after the Virgin Mary. According to legend, Mary sent ladybugs to European farmers in the Middle Ages to protect their crops.