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TIL airplanes that fly the advertising banners do not take off with the signs. They lower a grappling hook and grab them from the ground.

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5YJvn TIL of Willie Sutton, a bank robber in the early 1900’s who stole an estimated 2 million over a 40 year career. He never robbed a bank with a loaded gun because he didn’t want anyone to get hurt, and allegedly never robbed a bank when a woman screamed or a baby cried. He escaped prison 3 times
nWxX9 TIL about Ordinal-linguistic personification (OLP) which is the automatic assignment of personalities and genders to the members of ordinal lists like numbers, days or letters.
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