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TIL a survey found that 56% of commercial pilots admitted to sleeping while flying and 29% had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well

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5VWeP TIL the sex worker arrested with Hugh Grant earned $1.6 million from publicity related to her arrest and used the money to buy a home in Beverly Hills and put her daughters through private school.
D1RJr TIL Empty Fort Strategy strategy involves using reverse psychology to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes. In 195, warlord Cao Cao used it to make his opponent think there was an ambush, which bought him time to prepare a real ambush
rZXo TIL that after its initial 90-day mission, the Opportunity Mars rover has been active on Mars for 13 years today.
xVBNw TIL: At only 2mm long, Water Boatmen have the worlds loudest genitals. When rubbed, the penis will emit a noise at 99 decibels - the equivalent of being in the front row of an orchestra
Oo6j6 TIL God of War (2018) was done in a single shot with no loading screens or fade-to-black between gameplay and cutscenes.