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TIL that lying flat on your back, if you can manage it, is still probably your best bet for surviving a falling elevator.

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e6KD TIL: There are legal, soundproofed Oil Rigs hidden as office buildings in Californian Cities.
oRRZr TIL Evelyn Miller, a former escort from Australia, was born with two vaginas, cervixes and uteruses. She found that having two vaginas allowed her to separate her work and home life. When she got into a relationship she used one vagina for sex work and one for personal life.
rRlZy TIL About Ama, female Japanese pearl divers that start diving at the age of 12-13, and are well active into their 70s. They endure freezing conditions and great pressure from deep sea depths to get pearls. They have a unique technique in which they release air in a long whistle as they resurface.
Br8By TIL about Aleksey Maresyev, a pilot who was shot down in Nazi territory, lost the use of his legs, and crawled for eighteen days before returning to Soviet territory. His legs were then amputated. Nevertheless, within a year he was flying again on prosthetic legs.
wBjP TIL that asthma inhalers containing ozone damaging CFCs were banned in 2008 in spite of their small environmental impact. Drug companies have greatly benefited from the ban because they can change more for HFA inhalers that are still patented. The drug has not changed, only the delivery mechanism.