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TIL One of the last procedures before a space shuttle launch is to remove the inflatable owls from the aircraft.

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71nP TIL During WWI, On christmas of 1914, the british and germans lay down their weapons, crossed no man’s land, and joined each other to celebrate. They exchanged food, played games, sang songs, and even attended burials for each side. This was seen as a symbolic moment during the conflict.
0wYVj TIL John Hughes would write full screenplays extremely quick, typically finishing a screenplay in about four days, including The Breakfast Club which only took two.
6jdm TIL of Kiyoko Matsumoto, who in 1933 committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. Japan. This started a trend in Japan, and in the year after her death 944 other people (804 men and 140 women) leapt into the same crater
1gLD TIL that there are dead drops (flash drives embedded in a wall) in random areas around the world for sharing anonymous information with whoever has found them.
9Y07 TIL Led Zeppelin played a 4.5 hour set with only 1 album of material