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TIL from the 1960s to 1990s, Pan Am flight attendants were required to be under 130 pounds.

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pKZO TIL when Jay Z was chosen to headline Glastonbury in 2008, Oasis’ guatarist, Noel Gallagher went on a rant about how it’s wrong to have Hip Hop at the festival so Jay Z opened his set with a cover of “Wonderwall”
Br4ex TIL: Whisky was originally a medical drink distilled by monks. When King Henry VIII started closing monasteries in 1536, those monks began distilling and selling to anyone, starting the consumption of spirits as a pastime
b6j5Z TIL that Volcanic lightning is a rare phenomenon during eruptions. Ash, gas, and rock particles collide in the air, creating static electricity—like rubbing a balloon on your hair. This charge buildup releases as lightning within the volcanic plume, producing spectacular flashes in the sky.
KOll6 TIL of Benjamin Lay, a radical abolitionist Quaker from 19th c. PA. He lived in a cave, ate only vegetables & fruit, & threatened slave-owning Quaker's with God's wrath. Also he was a hunchback dwarf.
XElGj TIL The City of Omaha Nebraska is heavily contaminated by lead, due to a factory that spewed contaminated lead into the air. The EPA found more than 40,000 contaminated sites across the city, and children have elevated blood levels of lead.