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TIL that Southwest Airlines settled a lawsuit with another company by an arm wrestling match between the two CEOs

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8anoG TIL that Lake Superior is so cold that bacteria needed to cause a submerged dead body to float and surface is unable to grow. Due to this, many bodies from shipwrecks, such as the Edmund Fitzgerald, have never been recovered.
rRmpM TIL John Kani (King T'Chaka in Black Panther) lost his left eye during a beating by South African police after returning home from a Broadway production of "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead," which was critical of apartheid. He subsequently won a 1975 Tony Award for his performance.
8eYWP TIL that a ring-shaped cloud over Arizona in 1963 was believed to be a ring of Angels by a religious cult. Scientists concluded that the cloud was made by a rocket. Cult leaders then worked hard to harrass and discredit the main scientist, James E. McDonald, even at his funeral
VBXAD TIL in 1950 Ohio State and Michigan played a football game in a blizzard so bad that neither team could move the ball. The 2 teams punted 45 times for over 1400 yards and only had 3 first downs. Michigan won 9-3 with all points coming as a result of blocked punts.
LQw70 TIL the oldest human footprints ever found outside Africa are nearly 1 million years old, and were discovered on a beach in Norfolk, England.