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TIL NASA helped the airline industry save billions on fuel with one simple fix

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b9bK9 TIL that the New York Times bestseller list is legally considered "editorial content," allowing the Times to exclude or include any book they want regardless of sales
1ADW TIL Minneapolis has free wifi that covers nearly 100% of the city.
R5Va6 TIL That prior to 9/11 knives up to 4 inches long were allowed in aircraft cabins
VMrdQ TIL that Francisco Macías Nguema, the first President of Equatorial Guinea, was paranoid of educated people, because he had failed the entrance exams to the colonial civil service three times - so he killed everyone who wore glasses, which he saw as a sure sign of superior educational accomplishment
gm17 TIL Bob Dylan was arrested for walking around a neighborhood outside of New Jersey in the pouring rain. Residents called reporting a strange man lurking around. The 24 yr old cop had no idea who he was even after he told her his name.