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TIL Flight Attendants don’t get paid a full wage for the boarding process, some don’t get paid at all. AirCanada strike is exposing me to the unfair world for flight employees!

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QJaX6 TIL Tom Higgenson (from Plain White T) and Delilah know for the song "Hey There Delilah" were never together, when they met she had a boyfriend and she till does.
kJ6M5 TIL that "The NorthWest Company," one of the major players in the historical North American fur trade, is still in operation today as a series of retail stores that primarily serve Indigenous customers across Canada, Alaska, the Carribbean, and the Pacific.
1ZAX TIL a new variation of chess, called Marahajah, in which the black army has all it’s pieces while the white army has only it’s queen (the marahajah) which can move as a knight and a queen.
neAdr TIL that Tim Curry was originally cast as Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," but he was dropped when the filmmakers found him too terrifying. John Cleese was also tested, but he wasn't terrifying enough. The iconic role eventually went to Christopher Lloyd.
R7e54 TIL John A. Macdonald, from Upper Canada, and George-Etienne Cartier, from Lower-Canada, served as co-prime ministers of the Province of Canada. The Ottawa MacDonald Cartier International Airport features statues of the founders at a bench near the luggage pickup