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TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral

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NXP46 TIL A camel's hump does not hold water. It actually stores fat. The camel uses it as nourishment when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat inside the hump, the hump will become limp and droop down. With proper food and rest, the hump will return to normal.
mxoQO TIL when you see CNN playing in airport terminals you're actually watching a special version of the channel CNN produces just for airports
KNn4 TIL that the “there are people starving in Africa so your suffering is invalid” argument has a name: Fallacy of relative privation
6EpJ7 TIL that in 2014 Korean Air vice president Heather Cho was so angry about receiving macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a plate, she forced the plane to taxi back to gate and unload the offending flight attendant. "Nutgate" ended up costing her 5 months in jail
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