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TIL US Army soldier Daniel Pharr was tandem skydiving when his expert instructor became unresponsive. The rookie skydiver steered the pair away from houses and other obstacles, using what he remembered from watching skydiving on TV. After landing he started CPR on his instructor, to no avail.

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VB174 TIL When It debuted in 1929, 7-Up soda contained lithium citrate, the compound now used by psychiatrist as mood stabilizer for people with bipolar disorder. It was initially marketed as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime soda.
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X0gor TIL about the Tube Challenge, the fastest time to to travel to all London Underground stations. The current record to travel to all 272 stations is 18 hours and 8 minutes, which was set on October 23, 2023 by a group of eight teenagers aged 16-17.