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TIL I learned that after the first few feet it's dangerous to fly vertically in a helicopter

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rROAW TIL of the bald-hairy joke, which states that Russian leaders have been alternately bald and not bald (hairy) since 1825. For example, Lenin (bald) was succeeded by Stalin (hairy), who in turn was succeeded by Khrushchev (bald), then Brezhnev (hairy)
d85m8 TIL When ancient romans had something stolen from them, they would "transfer" ownership of their stolen items to a deity, so as to make the god responsible for punishing the thief
Vak8 TIL the sudden (seemingly overnight) onset of white hair due to stress is known as “Marie Antoinette Syndrome”, named after the ill-fated queen whose hair turned white the night before her walk to the guillotine
E1kmV TIL that "Louie Louie" has been covered by The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Jim Morrison, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Blondie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, the Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, The Stooges, Joan Jett, Motorhead, Black Flag, Iggy Pop, and Toots & The Maytals
0wLmL TIL Mama Coco's likeness (from the 2017 movie Coco) was stolen by Pixar and it went uncredited