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TIL when Southwest Airlines tried to change their motto to “Just Plane Smart” in the 1990s, they found out a much smaller company was already using it. To settle the issue, the CEOs of each company engaged in an arm wrestling match and the smaller company, Steven’s Aviation, ended up winning.

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E1okW TIL that infamous motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi, who always rode the number 46 bike, broke his winless streak of 46 races to achieve his 46th overall win with Yamaha Racing, giving him a total of 4,646 career championship points.
A9od TIL Ng Mui, a legendary Shaolin nun, met a teenage girl named Yim Wing-Chun who was being harrassed into marrying a thug and taught her how to defend herself. Hundreds of years later, Bruce Lee would learn what is now called Wing-Chun, a form which was specifically made for a woman by a woman.
xVOP0 TIL about Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity, in which thousands of gallons of water are pumped to a reservoir at a higher elevation using off-peak electricity, then released to turn turbines and produce electricity at a later date. It's a non-chemical form of battery.
Ng5Q TIL, the youngest soldier to be killed in action in the Vietnam War, Dan Bullock was 15 years old
oBJ0A TIL The TV series 'Hannibal' had a shot of a naked flayed couple. NBC thought this was unacceptable because their buttcracks were fully visible. The director offered to fill their buttcracks with blood to make it less offensive. NBC agreed.