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TIL A man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket and used it to eat a year’s worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi’an International Airport

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Yp4RP TIL about Juliane Diller who, at 17, survived a plane explosion then fell to the ground still strapped to her seat. She then survived by following a river for nine days until she came across some loggers who rescued her.
b6vbj TIL that “runners high” is caused by endocannabinoids and not endorphins like we’ve always been told.
d85LE TIL In 1969 Mister Rogers' and Officer Clemmons of "Mister Rogers' neighborhood" shared a pool in episode 1065 . This marked the first time in TV history an African American was portrayed swimming with a White. Clemmons hoped "the world would change" after the airing of the episode
OQja TIL: A slave called Gordon escaped from the South and used onions to throw the bloodhounds of his scent
l7RAV TIL In 1988 Ivan McGuire, an experienced skydiver with 800 recorded dives jumped from the plane for his 3rd dive that day. He had his camera rig with him but completely forgot to equip a parachute rig, thus he jumped to his death from 10.000 feet. The camera footage of the fatal fall survived