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TIL: No plane has ever crashed due to severe turbulence

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gMDvy Today I Learned that scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid estimated to be worth $39 million (USD) per gallon.
Z5aR TIL that there’s a species of jellyfish which can be immortal at the right circumstances
Z8woD TIL that nobody wanted to buy the Ford Pinto during its launch in Brazil in the 1970s. The company then realized that "pinto" is actually portuguese slang for "small male genitalia".
kJkdB TIL Sir Admiral "Blinker" Hall became the UK's Director of Naval Intelligence—a desk job—and played an outsize role in getting the United States into World War I because commanding ships made him seasick.
LQpPp TIL When early talkie movies were being filmed, the microphones were all stationary. This meant actors were forced to move very little when speaking their lines. To compensate filmmakers used multi-camera setups which let them ‘move’ perspectives by switching shots.