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TIL the FAA investigated an airline for staging a wet tshirt contest with high schoolers during a flight

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x6OyD TIL The USSR had a popular government published cookbook called “The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food“. The different editions often reflected the government’s priorities such as the removal of Stalin’s quotes after his death in 1953 as part of De-Stalinization.
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