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wLyeP TIL a woman burnt down the 5th oldest tree on earth while smoking meth
AODl TIL a woman suffering an asthma attack died after 2 EMT workers told people to call 911 because they were on break
VMVn8 TIL In 1976 Terry Kubicka was the first and last figure skater to legally perform a backflip in his performance at the Olympics, it was banned shortly after.
YprxW TIL Mork and Mindy was a Happy Day’s spin-off
BgEYK TIL pilots in the 30s-40s navigated their aircraft using Morse code. The "low-frequency radio range" navigation system played letter A to tell pilots to turn left, N to turn right, and a steady tone to go straight. Pilots listened to Morse code for hours. It was prone to giving wrong directions.