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TIL that the most pilots aren’t allowed to have a beard because of the shape of an oxygen mask

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D1KyJ TIL of JNG Whistler, who was part of a famous military family, and cousin to James Whistler, who was the painter of Whistler's Mother. JNG would find himself in Dakota Territory, where he would save the lives of countless Dakota Indians.
gMBxb TIL radioactivity was discovered accidentally due to bad weather. H. Becquerel stopped his experiments on uranium that required sunlight in an overcast day and put uranium crystals and photographic plates away in a drawer. When he opened the drawer, he discovered the radioactive nature of uranium.
JY9X4 TIL that the Karamanid dynasty, a Muslim beylik (principality) that existed in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) from 1250-1487, used a blue Star of David on a white background for their flag
NXekM TIL there are many medications that have negative interactions with grapefruit. It can either increase or decrease the volume of medication, effecting the bioavailability.
oBMD7 TIL the phrase "What would Jesus do?" came out of Christian Socialism, and the belief that the moral teachings of Jesus were thoroughly incompatible with capitalism