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TIL that reserve parachutes are packed by a FAA certified rigger who goes through a deliberate step-by-step process which can take over an hour.

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LabP TIL, aged 12, Margaret Thatcher saved pocket money to help pay for a Jewish girl escaping Nazi Germany, whom her family provided sanctuary during WWII
v1dZ8 TIL that in 1832 the US Bank thwarted the government’s plan to pay off the public debt by illegally authorizing European bankers to purchase it, leading Andrew Jackson to fear that “a new era may arise in which the capitalist abroad may have an influence over the destinies of this country.”
nVYP TIL A monkey hung himself with a gibbet of his making after witnessing many public executions and then examining a hangman’s noose.
rR11w TIL of a bus shelter on the isle of Unst, in Shetland. The bus shelter was to be removed, but a seven-year-old boy wrote a letter asking for it to stay, as he stored his bike there when he went to school. The bus stop is now decorated with a new theme yearly by local residents - anonymously.
XEVvR TIL there's a bio-hacker project to produce insulin cheaply.