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TIL that United Airlines Stewardesses were forbidden to marry until 1968.

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nwdG TIL that paleontologists estimate the size of a tyrannosaurus rex penis to have been around 12 feet long.
gM96D TIL- during the Krakatoa eruptions and resulting tsunamis, a javanese lighthouse keeper refused to leave his post, survived after the lighthouse collapsed, lost his wife and child, and built a makeshift light just a few hours afterward so that ships wouldn't run aground.
o87E TIL 140 years ago, August 2, 1876; James Butler “Wild” Bill Hickok was fatally shot from behind by Jack McCall while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. He was holding two black aces and eights, later named “The Dead Man´s Hand”.
5k69 TIL that Bowling Balls 12 lbs or less float in water
4kJoN TIL farmers sometimes place large magnets in a cow's stomach to attract nails or small pieces of iron that the cow ingests. This prevents so called "Hardware Disease"