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

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Bg0GK TIL that during the Battle of Isandlwana, a full solar eclipse darkened the battle field, which helped to motivate the vast numbers of native Zulus defenders. The battle ended with the British Army experiencing its worst defeat against an indigenous foe.
DQvOg TIL someone born in Trieste between 1814 and 1947 has 6 possible nationalities: French, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, German, Yugoslavian or Italian.
Zpa0D TIL an Argentinian newspaper vendor was able to concoct a hand-written algorithm on his notebook that had allowed him to figure out the CVC numbers of his victims credit cards, analyzing their number and expiration. He was caught after buying tv subscriptions from his stand for the commission.
4k4jN TIL that a drop of water spends an average of nine days in the atmosphere before falling back to Earth. If it should fall in the ocean it may take it over 3000 years before evaporating again.
R5DGl TIL Walter Cronkite initially came to fame as a war reporter during WW2. Cronkite was the first American to do an uncensored report on Operation Torch, flew in bombing raids, fired a machine gun at a German fighter, covered the Nuremberg Trials, and was a reporter in Moscow from 1946-48.