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TIL Blockbuster still has 50 franchise owned stores open in North America

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VMQ0G TIL between '87 and '92 six Boeing aircraft had complete engines just fall off in flight, and three of those times the other engine on the wing was knocked off as well.
x61Nk TIL that Honda sold a rebadged version of the 90s era Land Rover Discovery in Japan
kORxm TIL - In June of 2017, the helmet worn by Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs sold for $39K at a Hollywood memorabilia auction. Also sold at this auction, the light up dance floor from Saturday Night Fever ($1.2M) and R2-D2 from Star Wars ($2.76M)
J1yA8 TIL that the iconic barber’s pole is representative of when barbers were also surgeons and bloodletters. The red stripes represent the bloody towels drying in the wind.
4XJlo TIL about WASP: the Women Airforce Service Pilots, civilian female pilots who flew in non combat situations for the US Army during WWII