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TIL Medieval writers frequently drew glorious battles between knights and snails

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1awwP TIL that a pilot was sucked out of the cockpit of a passenger jet. A crew member held on to his body until landing, at which point they discovered he had survived.
GY654 TIL a lawsuit between Gilbert O'Sullivan and Biz Markie over a sampling of "Alone Again" led to the requirement of licensing and fees to sample parts of song, which in turn made it prohibitively expensive to sample multiple songs into a new piece, which had been a common practice in hip hop
1gwV TIL after 100 years after Titanic sank, an Australian billionaire plans to make a 98% accurate replica. Plans to be launched in 2016.
4XD0X TIL out of the 270 Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters launched, all but four were recovered. Over 5,000 parts were refurbished for reuse after each flight, and the final set of SRBs that launched STS-135 (2011) included parts that flew on 59 previous missions, including STS-1 (1981).
pE4b TIL plants can actually sprout within a human body…