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TIL that 2 of the 9/11 plane hijackers took a flight school in Florida to receive flight training, but told their instructors they didn’t need to be taught how to take off or land.

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nP7 TIL the character of Peter Pan was based off of the author of the books’ older brother who died in an ice skating accident the day before his 14th birthday; and thus always remained a young boy in the eyes of his family.
jG6E TIL Debbie Harry, who turns 70 on July 1, is considered the first rapper to chart at number one in the United States.
4k416 TIL that the famous and often adapted 1932 novel "The Mutiny on the Bounty" is actually one book of 'The Bounty Trilogy,' 1933's 'Men Against the Sea' shows Bligh and others sailing for safety and 1934's 'Pitcairn's Island' is the story of the Mutineers' life in the South Pacific.
8a0mX TIL that a jiffy is an actual unit of time and in quantum physics can be defined as the time it takes for light to travel one fermi, which is approximately the size of a nucleon
8gRP TIL: Eggo waffles were originally called “Froffles”. “Eggo” was a name people began using to describe the egg-y taste, and the company eventually adopted the name.