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TIL In the last 10 years, despite hundreds of millions of passengers each year, only two people have died from accidents in commercial U.S. flights.

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4kOAJ TIL that the weight of cremated human adult remains is, on average, around 3.5% of the body weight of the deceased person.
neX4Y TIL when a Massachusetts mall let a Qdoba open there, another tenant -- Panera -- sued. Panera had the exclusive right to sell sandwiches and argued that Qdoba's burritos violated that right. The judge disagreed and ruled that a burrito is not a sandwich.
oB7jW TIL the word 'robot' comes from a Czech word meaning 'forced labour'
rNdN0 TIL the word Pope comes from the Greek word πάπας (papas), best translated into English as "daddy"
J1AEm TIL MLB player Charley O'Leary came out of retirement at age 58 for one at bat 21 years after his career had ended. He hit a single and later scored becoming the oldest player to record a hit in MLB history.