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TIL Jimmy Stewart, already a famous movie star, enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general

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KYoME TIL in 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a plane to see which seats have the most chance of survival
awLLN TIL that a American Airlines DC-10 in 1972 had it's cargo door ripped off and caused the floor of the plane to collapse. The crew guided the plane to safety.
MN9a TIL that when a military drone crashed in Iran and the US government asked for it back, the Iranian government sent them a toy replica instead.
loOK5 TIL That Crayola runs a recycling program for old markers to keep them out of landfills! Markers don’t even have to be Crayola brand and they still pay for shipping!
MAG7 TIL that loofahs are not sea sponges at all, instead they are gourds, and you can grow them in your own garden