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TIL that a British survey concluded that, in an emergency aircraft evacuation, up to 35% of people admit they would try to take some or all of their belongings with them, despite being instructed not to.

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GYGD7 TIL a circle is used to represent a city on a map since early maps would draw small bird's-eye views of cities, and walled cities during that time were usually circular. Eventually the drawing was dropped and only the circular outline remained.
BArd TIL The Beatles’, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released June 1, 1967 and was the first time lyrics had ever been included with an album cover.
wLDO8 TIL this 90s Coke ad campaign in Australia was cancelled after sexual imagery was noticed in the ice cubes
xBvw TIL that in 1988 Reagan prevented the Senate from putting sanctions on Iraq for its violation of the Geneva Protocol on Chemical Weapons. The US also voted against a UN Security Council statement condemning Iraq’s use of chemical weapons
YGJv TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.