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TIL that Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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epAeJ TIL Michelle Pfeiffer stayed away from all talk shows to promote her movies for over 15 years. She was on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in the early 1980's and avoided public interviews until 1997 when she appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell show to promote "A Thousand Acres."
Mg60 TIL there was a Jewish boxer named Salamo Arouch imprisoned at Auschwitz. While there, he was forced to fight bouts against other prisoners, the losers of which were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived over 2 years and 200 bouts, eventually being released when the camp was liberated.
grop4 TIL former The Cult and Guns n' Roses' Matt Sorum started his professional career as the drummer of Tori Amos' first band, Y Kant Tori Read, in 1988.
geVW TIL that Mexico’s imports of fresh produce account for 69% of U.S. fresh vegetable import value and 37% of U.S. fresh fruit.
EQBo TIL a high school teacher, inspired by the movie “Up”, was threatened to be fired after using a dog collar dubbed “the cone of shame” on bad students.