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TIL An estimated 1,382 shipping containers are lost overboard at sea during transportation each year, never to be found again.

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dDAb7 TIL Berry Oakley, bassist of American rock band "The Allman Brothers Band", died in a motorcycle accident in 1972, just three blocks from where his fellow bandmate Duane Allman also died in a motorcycle accident the year before. Both Berry and Duane were 24 at the time of their deaths.
g7d4 TIL that in 1906 a man was sentenced to a minute in prison, his name was Joe Munch.
ANXg TIL: Lemmy was offered a reality show, but he turned it down claiming he just its around by himself playing videogames, and no one would want to watch that.
kOEpm TIL American Airlines saved $40,000 a year by removing one olive from each salad in first class and Northwest Airlines saved $500,000 a year compared by cutting their limes differently.
Egnlo TIL Roadrunners can fly, they just prefer not to.