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TIL an Eastern Air Lines flight crashed because the entire crew was so occupied with a burnt-out landing gear light that they failed to notice that autopilot had disconnected.

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4XYeJ TIL in the 1920’s Canada had plans to invade the US (and vice versa).
v15Ej TIL that Fibonacci found the mathematical methods of Indians (Hindus) as the most effective, & all other methods almost erroneous. In his book "Liber Abaci", he refers to the Fibonacci series simply as the "Indian series" and loved Indian Math so much that he called himself an "Indian Mathematician"
PYNpw TIL I learned about the Trans-Atlantic Accent which was cultivated Hollywood in the 1920's-40's to blend prestigious American and British accents for broader appeal, which is why people sound so different in older tv, films and radio back then.
lWy1 TIL the South Pole is 9,301 feet above sea level - but 9,000 feet of that is ice.
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