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TIL A RAF pilot fell 18,000 feet without a parachute, only to suffer a sprained leg. His reaction to the fall: lit a cigarette.

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X4Gr TIL in 2001, members of PETA had just left an anti-hunt protest when they hit a deer. They informed the NJ Division of Fish and and Wildlife that they would sue for damages and injuries since it was a result of the deer management program, which included, increasing the deer population.
R7MO1 TIL there are now more mattress stores in the US than Starbucks
VBMRB TIL “Terminal Lucidity” is the brief return of mental clarity or memory right before before death, in people who suffer from severe dementia and other neurological disorders.
QJxAL TIL "Jazz on bones" or "Ribs" were bootleg vinyl recordings made from old x-rays with holes burned in the middle from cigarettes. In the 50's and 60's they were a black market method for smuggling banned music into the Soviet Union such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Elvis.
vOND TIL there is a bird that can imitate the sounds of chainsaws and car alarms.