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TIL over 80% of the world have never flown on an airplane
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TIL having sex can offer temporary relief for nasal congestion
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TIL One of the main reasons Hollywood became the home of American movie production was so that filmmakers could continue to use patented equipment illegally.
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TIL That Hazel Ying Lee, a Chinese-American WWII pilot, had two forced landings. One landing took place in a Kansas wheat field. A farmer, pitchfork in hand, chased her around the plane while shouting to his neighbors that the Japanese had invaded Kansas.
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TIL the term “meme” was coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins as a method of explaining how cultural traits are passed on and popularized
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TIL the term leap year probably comes from the fact that a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar normally advances one day of the week from one year to the next, but the day of the week in the 12 months following the leap day will advance two days due to the extra day, thus leaping over one day.