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TIL Spider-Man was molested by his elderly neighbor

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exA4 TIL that when you encounter some information for the first time and then begin to notice it everywhere, you’re experiencing the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
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gr1d4 TIL that airline flight attendants aren't paid until the airplane doors are closed, nor are they covered by insurance or workers' compensation until the doors are closed. (Delta, SkyWest and United have forms of coverage.) This policy discourages them from helping put luggage in overhead bins.
epl9b TIL the Yellow River's infamous floods aren't the river simply overflowing its banks and returning to its original course. When uncontrolled, the river changes course frequently and wildly; some episodes see the river's mouth shift as far as 480 km.
WkOrY TIL Tomato ketchup was introduced to the United States in 1834 as a purported medicine and sold in pill form.