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TIL there are virtual reality videos on YouTube (360*)

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ADdrl TIL of CSX 8888, known as "crazy eights": A runaway train that ran uncontrolled through Ohio for two hours at up to 82 km/h. Police tried to stop it by shooting at a fuel cut-off switch and it was eventually stopped by a second locomotive chasing behind it so an engineer could jump aboard.
Vo60 TIL that today is the 100 year anniversary the first woman to parachute from an airplane. She was also the first person to free-fall (jump without a static line), and is credited for the term ‘rip cord’ when she got tangled during a static line jump and had to cut herself free during a jump.
E1L0P TIL that Marius, a giraffe bred at Copenhagen Zoo was euthanized and publicly dissected at 2 years of age because they didn't want to breed him. He was then fed to lions. This was in spite of other Zoos offering to give Marius a permanent home.
x677g TIL: The name “Six Flags" is a reference to the flags of the six different nations that governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.
XEEjE According to a new study, pregnant mothers may be able to influence whether their children develop eczema and asthma, simply by having a dog in the home. However, the study also found that this “protective effect” likely has a limited lifespan.