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TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers after finding they would be delayed for weather. The pizzas were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane.

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m1KRv TIL that during World War II, Gnr. Gilbert Bradley exchanged hundreds of letters with his sweetheart, known only as "G." Found after Bradley's death in 2008, the letters uncovered a forbidden love affair between two men at a time when homosexuality was illegal and a capital crime in the military.
bgVZ TIL dogs kick after they pee and poo to mark their territory further, not necessarily to cover it up. The glands in their paws help to mark and spread their scent in the dirt and grass surrounding the area.
nemE9 TIL In the 1960's McDonald's was prepared to abandon its logo of the golden arches of the letter M, but psychologist Louis Cheskin successfully urged the company to maintain this branding because of their "Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts."
l7MAN TIL Alexander the great named a city after his horse
XEDVk TIL that there used to be a book store in Paris where you could live for free if you read one book a day and worked two hours pr day