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TIL of William Rankin, a fighter pilot who survived trapped in a storm cloud after ejecting for 40 minutes.

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ANW9B TIL an Austrian man was held for 18 days without food or water (the world record for surviving) because the police forgot about him. He lost 53 lbs (24 kg.)
X01KE TIL that an acronym that cannot be pronounced as a word is not an acronym, it's an initialism. NASA and FIFA are acronyms but USA and FBI are initialisms!
BgvYL TIL that the UK has longer average commute times than the USA
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