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TIL that British Airways has a “Flying with Confidence” Course that aims to help people conquer their fear of flying. It has a 98% success rate.

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xL9w TIL cocaine increases that chance of having a heart attack within the hour by 2,400%
jjNE TIL that the literacy rate in Afghanistan is 28.1%. 43.1% for men and 12.6% for women.
dyZZ TIL When Eleanor Roosevelt married her cousin (and future President) Franklin D. Roosevelt, she didn’t have to change her last name. And she was given away by her Uncle, (President) Theodore Roosevelt.
8LK4 TIL a student designed a tool that caught the government and various corporations / organizations editing Wikipedia articles to reflect better upon themselves.
yVQYl TIL that the most serious and gravest Crime in the United Kingdom is High Treason - i.e: disloyalty to the Crown, or any attempts to deprive the Queen of her crown and undermine the line of succession to the throne.