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TIL that Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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l7okG TIL that life really might "flash before your eyes" upon death, according to EEG study of stroke victim by Univ. of British Columbia.
j6Aov TIL that during WWII the US Navy executed unrestricted warfare against Japan, the most massive and devastating submarine campaign of all time. The goal was to cut off food to Japanese civilians. This was done without approval from the US government.
6EZE8 TIL that less than half the claims made on The Dr. Oz Show were backed by "some" evidence, and that fell to a third when the threshold was raised to "believable" evidence.
71wx TIL that after scientists discovered that deep-sea dragonfish had chlorophyll in their eyes, the US Pentagon began funding research for inexpensive night-vision eye drops.
16ZdO TIL that “human zoos” used to be a popular attraction, and Belgium closed their last one in 1958.