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TIL a USAF tanker used its fuel boom to tow an F-4 Phantom to safety after the fighter lost engine power flying over the Atlantic

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6EjR7 TIL Dolphins sleep with one eye open and one eye closed. This is because only half of their brain is asleep at a time.
eENL TIL that a man named William Morgan was rejected from the Freemasons in the 1800s. In retaliation he planned to publish a book revealing their secrets. He disappeared and was never seen or heard from again.
Ypl9G TIL that excess consumption of artificially sweetened candy has an inherent laxative effect on most humans. This is due to the presence of a sugar alcohol known as maltitol. The carbohydrate structure is altered and digestion is much slower. This promotes osmosis and rapid expulsion from the body.
8ZLV TIL the reason Saran Wrap sucks now is because the company that makes it decided to remove an environmentally harmful ingredient, despite knowing that it would hurt sales
LQQMP TIL in 1999 actor Rebecca Jackson Mendoza survived a stroke caused by a severed aorta after being stabbed in the heart by her husband. By 2005 she made a full recovery and was able to play Breha Organa in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith