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TIL that the parachute was invented before the airplane

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DQXVe TIL that during a spin, a pilot jumped from his plane, only to see his unmanned F-106 recover and land safely in a field.
Wk0L4 TIL that "Dumpster" is actually a brand name and that the generic name for the waste container is "skip" or "skip bin"
YpxR7 TIL in the Vietnam war, there was a flourishing sex industry for American soldiers. There were an estimated 300,000 sex workers in the country at this time. There were also an estimated 50,000 bastard American-Asian children, who were given the derisive name bui doi (dirt of life).
Me1b TIL that the Basque language is so ancient that their word for axe, aizkora, literally means stone (held) high, or stone on top.
nrgB TIL There is a tribe in India that has passed down for generations the art of manipulating tree roots to create a system of “living” bridges.