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TIL FAA regulations prohibit airline pilots from talking about subjects that are unrelated to safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet altitude

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P18yG TIL The Co-founder of the New York Times, Henry Jarvis Raymond, is also Co-founder of the Republican Party
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9wdRX TIL That the Philippines has the largest endemic wild pig species in the Genus Sus
Vw7p TIL the military word “mayday” meaning “emergency” comes from the identically pronounced French phrase “m'aidez”, meaning “help me”.
7rRoL TIL that when chillies were first introduced to Japan, instead of eating them, people would grow them as small decorative plants or put them in their shoes to keep their toes warm.