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TIL stainless steel is not stain free but stains less than other alloys

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7bmr TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers, after finding out they would be delayed 2 hours for weather. The pizzas were delivered within 30 minutes by Domino’s and were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane in an official airport vehicle.
rNNm4 TIL hummingbird feeders need daily cleaning in hot weather bc nectar spoils in heat & sickens the birds. Several ways to protect their food from overheating include: place feeders in shade, freeze nectar into small cubes & fill feeders with them to delay heating, wrap in foil, use glass feeders.
KOan4 TIL Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona O'Neill, became the victim of a extortion plot when his coffin was stolen from his grave by two unemployed mechanics who demanded a ransom. Two months later the coffin was found, and reinterred, and O'Neill was buried next to him upon her death.
yQwBe TIL during WW1, Germany used cow intestines to make Zeppelin airships, and made so many that it became illegal to make sausages, as it diverted cow intestines from the war effort. 250,000 cows were needed for each zeppelin!
wLZe6 TIL that Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have banned billboard advertising.