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TIL that a pilot and copilot of a flight are adviced not to eat the same meals in case one causes food poisoning.

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gbOW TIL Oceanographers aren’t sure if blue crustaceans are actually rare, or if social media has simply made their existence easier to report and document.
1alj4 TIL about the heroism of Teddy Sheean, of the Australian navy. During WW2, his ship was torpedoed, and Japanese planes shot at survivors in the sea. Sheean strapped himself to an antiaircraft gun on the sinking ship and fired at the planes, downing at least one. He was still firing as he drowned.
QJJb6 TIL Polaroid warned not to shake a Polaroid picture like a Polaroid picture thanks to the Outkast song because it would damage the image.
LkVAQ TIL During WW2 Joe Medicine Crow, a native American, completed all four feats required to be a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy's weapon, leading a war party and stealing 50 horses from the SS, singing a Crow honour song as he rode away.
la4A TIL caterpillars completely turn to liquid when in a cocoon but as a moth/butterfly can still remember their life as a caterpillar