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TIL that spiders can fly by shooting long strands of web into the air and riding the string like a sail. Some have been spotted at altitudes of 4 kilometers.

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R5Zx1 TIL in traditional Chinese culture, hanging was believed to let a person’s spirit haunt and torment survivors and was used as revenge by women and as defiance by powerless officials. They would often approached it ceremonially, including proper attire.
grOrW TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs.
x6LWo TIL that the EU maintains an Air Safety list of airlines with "significant safety deficiencies on the part of an airline or its oversight authority" anywhere in the world. These airlines are banned from operating in the EU.
a8kb9 TIL that the Marine Band consists of experienced musicians who are enlisted as Marines after auditioning. They are the only members of the armed forces who do not undergo boot camp.
e0wNL TIL in Rambo III the character of John Rambo was fighting on the same side as Osama Bin Laden