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TIL in 1987, an Alaska Airlines 737 collided with a fish in midair. Today, the company flies a plane affectionately named the Salmon-Thirty-Salmon

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nek5r TIL Ryan North (Marvel writer) once got stuck in a skate pit with only "his dog Noam Chompsky, an umbrella, a leash, a t-shirt, and a pocket computer" after the rain had made the pit slippery. When he asked Twitter users for help, they found a way for him to combine those items that let him escape.
dBO9 TIL about precordial catch syndrome, which is when you get an intense sharp pain in your chest, worse when breathing in. It’s not a heart attack.
LkdEv TIL "pioneer" was originally a 16th century military rank, meaning people who advanced first into enemy territory to cut down forests, clear trails, make roads and bridges, etc., so the actual troops could march through after. Pioneer has the same French root as pawn or peon, meaning foot soldier.
b9lK7 TIL in a 1986 interview, Jackie Gleason said he considered suing Hanna-Barbera for The Flintstones being a copy of The Honeymooners, but passed when his lawyers cautioned, “Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air?”.
OG57Y TIL about “Everyone Knows That”, an 80s pop song that no one has been able to identify (besides a 17-second sample) for two years. The full-length song, artist(s), release date, and lyrics have still yet to be found.