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TIL It is predicted the Oil Age will end in 2059

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0wmM TIL That the glottis (the opening in which air passes through when we breathe) expands when we are under heavy stress for increased oxygen intake. This causes the lump you feel in your throat when you are stressed/crying!
X0LeX TIL about "It's Pat," a 1994 comedy movie based on the SNL character Pat, an androgynous misfit played by Julia Sweeney. It bombed at the box office so badly (grossing only $60,822 against an $8 million budget) that Touchstone Pictures pulled it from theaters after it's opening weekend.
x6E8D TIL that USAF pilot Thomas Mantell was the first person killed in a UFO pursuit.
Z48R TIL that while in a spin, a pilot ejected from his plane only to watch his unmanned F-106 recover from the spin and land safely in a field.
WPoX TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase “as Canadian as ____” (by analogy with “as American as apple pie”). The winner: “as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances”