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TIL there is a fancy restaurant in California where you can eat free if you are taller than the chef.

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m14QR TIL an airline cancelled the frequent flier miles of a skiplagger (someone who gets off at the connecting flight destination)
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erxn TIL drug overdoses from opiods increased 14% in 2014, killing 40,000 people. This is an increase of 137% since 2000. More people die from drug overdoses, says the CDC, than in road accidents: just under 33,000 people died in traffic accidents last year in 2014.
gjDD TIL that the actual Navy pilot that flipped the bird at the MiG pilot in the movie Top Gun was Scott Altman, who later was selected an astronaut by NASA and flew on 4 Shuttle missions
5eGQ TIL that a blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant