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TIL…Apache pilots train their eyes to work independently

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J1jMk TIL In 1958, pilots Robert Timm and Jim Cook flew a Cessna 172 for 66 days straight without landing by refueling from a moving truck
wLJpP TIL about the Memphis Peabody Marching Ducks. Every day at 11am they saunter down a red carpet to the hotel's water fountain, hang out for 6 hours then saunter back up to the rooftop. They've been doing this for over 30 years.
gr1e4 TIL Neil Armstrong completed almost all required coursework towards a master's degree when he joined NASA in early 1960s. A semester short, he returned to USC after his moon landing in 1970 to give a one-hour seminar on the technical aspects of landing Apollo's lunar module to receive his Masters
p0X4 TIL Andre the Giant’s physique was due to acromegaly, a treatable (and often reversible) gland disease that causes constant secretion of growth hormone. Despite doctors and friends begging him to have surgery, he refused: “If this is the size that God wanted me to be, I’m going to be this size.”
XEjGX TIL: that Jay-z, nickelback, and Bob Dylan all released albums on 9-11-2001.