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TIL an estimated 5% of US flights have an undercover Air Marshal on board who carries a gun and is authorized to make arrests.

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x6NND TIL according to the USA's National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, you should not put ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18.
xV4Rw TIL balding men don't actually lose hair; the hairs just become progressively smaller until they are microscopic, the same way they are at birth.
a8GKJ TIL the 2004 Indonesian Earthquake had the equivalent energy of 23,000 Hiroshima explosions
XVW8 TIL that the reigning Super Bowl Champions Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson makes less than $1 million and is actually the lowest paid quarterback on the team, with his two backups making substantially more than him.
neE9o TIL that when America's first rocket scientist, Robert Goddard, theorized that rockets could reach the moon, the New York Times harshly criticized him and wrote that he "lacked the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." 49 years later, Apollo 11 succeeded and the NYT published a retraction.