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TIL That musicians have the legal right to carry their instrument on board a plane without an additional baggage charge. (Pages 74-75)

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d6WK TIL that tonight will be the longest night in the history of Earth (in the Northern Hemisphere)
G8Mg TIL The camera that recorded the only known footage of the first plane strike on 9/11 is now in the Smithsonian Museum
wL5JP TIL That if you make a hologram of a magnifying glass, the holographic version will magnify the other objects in the hologram, just like a real one.
e0G9D TIL that the term “cervical” does not only refer to the cervix of a woman, but is also used to allude to a person’s neck and several other “neck-like passages” within the body (see comment).
wLYMM TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.