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TIL under certain conditions, a pilot not trained to fly by gyroscopic instruments can enter into a death spiral, believing that he is maintaining straight flight and completely unaware that he even turning.

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VKQm TIL a bay in Newfoundland is named either “Bay of Despair” or “Bay of Hope,” but nobody knows which name is the original and which is a corruption
WkpYN TIL that Natalie Portman speaks Hebrew(native), English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. As a student, she co-authored two research papers that were published in scientific journals.
Zpe0G TIL the unique way film stars talked in old Hollywood movies was due to them being taught the “Transatlantic accent” in film school; it was a mix of American and British accents made up for the upper classes
b9ML9 TIL about the highest-paid performer in the world in the 1910s: Scottish singer and comedian Sir Harry Lauder. He rose from being a coal miner singing in occasional town concerts to commanding over £12,000 per night. He was the first British artist to sell a million records.
8DBV TIL: The founder of Lululemon named it as such because he thought it would be funny to watch the Japanese try to pronounce it.