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TIL that a father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time.

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OoMJ1 TIL US Army soldier Daniel Pharr was tandem skydiving when his expert instructor became unresponsive. The rookie skydiver steered the pair away from houses and other obstacles, using what he remembered from watching skydiving on TV. After landing he started CPR on his instructor, to no avail.
EMJP TIL a sleeping pilot awoke to see Venus in the night sky, mistook it for an oncoming plane and dove the plane down. Unsecured passengers were thrown against the ceiling.
8eBOa TIL that in Roman Republic women were not given personal names. Rather their names would reflect their ancestry. Sisters would have the same names differentiated by a number (or if there are only two sisters they be called the older and the younger) and later in life by their husband's name
5Y6xR TIL kids in Japan play more violent video games than American kids do yet are less aggressive.
BdEx TIL cake mix used to contain powdered egg, and only needed water; Betty Crocker made the decision to take it out and sales skyrocketed. Due to housewives feeling that the simple step of adding a real egg somehow made the cake more homemade/authentic, and gave them a sense of contribution.