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TIL that Hooters ran an airline that sadly went bust (pun intended)

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xa6o TIL that 68% of American women “say they would have an affair if they knew they would never get caught”
nVdd TIL that there has never been a single recorded event where an Ostrich has buried his head in the ground when threatened.
ADDwg TIL that a psychiatric study done on survivors of the WWII London bombings shows that while people that barely survived suffered shock and trauma, people farther away felt a "feeling of excitement with a flavor of invulnerability".
QJP1a TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
0wRVp TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song so he could be registered as the theme’s lyricist and claim 50% of performance royalties. When asked, Gene said, “Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I’m sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek.”