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TIL there's a labour union for Youtubers

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wbxM TIL that a ‘party truck’ owned by Johnny Cash started a brush fire that “roasted, into near extinction, 49 of the 53 endangered California condors”, the largest bird in North America, from their last habitat. When brought to court, Cash said “I don’t care about your damn yellow buzzards.”
Lb8Q TIL Six major orgs. (American Psych. Association, Am. Academy of Peds., Am. Medical Association, Am. Acad. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Am. Acad. of Family Physicians, and Am. Psychiatric Association) recommend no electronic media at all for children via http://ift.tt/1AOMu4n
OVD4 TIL: President Roosevelt received letters from army cavalrymen complaining about having to ride 25 miles a day for training and, in response, Teddy rode horseback for 100 miles, from sunrise to sunset, at 51 years old.
ZpRaD TIL that during his Alps crossing, Hannibal faced a nearly impassable path so steep even soldiers struggled. Undeterred, he had his men build a road through rubble, allowing his army and war elephants to pass, though the elephants were near death from hunger after three days of backbreaking labor.
ajOo TIL airline pilots in the 1930s and 40s would navigate by listening to a stream of automated “A” and “N” Morse codes when visibility was poor. They would turn the aircraft to the right when hearing an “N” stream, to the left on an “A” stream and fly straight ahead while hearing a steady tone.