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TIL the Triforce in The Legend of Zelda was originally going to be called the "Power Triangle"

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ByOy TIL officers in the US armed forces face an “up or out” system. If they are not promoted within a certain timeframe, they’re fired.
1pv4 TIL that one teaspoon of the bacterium C. botulinum, properly distributed, could kill every single human being in the US.
P6vL TIL when TWA Flight 1 crashed into a mountain in 1936, surviving flight attendant Nellie Granger followed telephone wires for 4 miles to get help and call the TWA office and notify them of the crash. Nobody realized that the plane had crashed before the call. She then walked back with help.
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