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Today, we morbidly wondered, do you get anything if you survive a plane crash?

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b6gxj TIL BBC hoaxed audience with a fake spaghetti tree video on April Fool's Day in 1957
rRwK0 TIL that when recording "Heroes", David Bowie used three microphones. One 9 inches away, one 20 feet away, and one just beyond that. Each microphone was muted as the next activated, forcing him to sing at increasing volume to be heard.
68Pm TIL North Korea has its own airline, which also happens to be the only 1 star rated airline according to Skytrax
pKgO TIL that one of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens in the late 19th century was a madame. Lou Graham’s brothel made her so rich that she loaned money; her loans helped save other wealthy people after the Panic of 1893. After dying of syphilis, Graham’s estate had no heirs so went to Seattle schools.
WpP8 TIL “Keith Ledger” was the #2 most searched item on google on January 23, 2008, the day after Heath Ledger died.