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TIL that passenger aircraft have drain mast. A heated pipes that safely discharge wastewater like condensation, galley drains, and lavatory overflow outside the plane without freezing midair.

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x40w TIL that a 16 year old boy faced 90 years in prison after being accused of possession of child pornography. It was later proven he was innocent on those charges, but he pleaded guilty to distributing porn to minors. He had showed a playboy magazine to his friends at lunch. He is now a sex offender.
QN4aa TIL of Terrible Ted, a bear that fought in commercially promoted wrestling matches against humans from the 50s through the 70s.
rRlY1 TIL Part of the same first Chernobyl firefighter crew was sent to Kiev where the doctors dared using different method of bone marrow transplantation. While in Moscow 11 of 13 firefighters died within a week, in Kiev all 11 of 11 survived.
Z8onR TIL In the 2007 comic book series of "The Boys", Hughie was modeled off Simon Pegg... who then later played as Hugie's father in the Amazon Prime Show in 2019.
ANlxx TIL A Canadian University shut its doors due to funding issues. The school, with 60% American students, has a capacity of 750 but latest enrollment was only at 135