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TIL Pilots have a better return for the cost of their education than doctors or lawyers

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LyVV TIL Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea on the grounds that a smoking driver cannot smell a problem with the car.
nWyYd TIL that there used to be over 420 species of plant growing inside or on the coliseum, some of which grew nowhere else in Europe. There is a theory that the animals that were brought to the arena to perform and fight scattered seeds that had been stowed in their fur and scat
X00Rj TIL that when Yoshitaro Shibasaki and his team completed their 1907 ascent of Mount Tsurugi — thought to be the final unclimbed mountain remaining in the Japanese archipelago — they found an ancient sword at the summit that was later determined to have been left there more than 1000 years earlier.
xOm1 TIL archaeologists had found a ring inside a 9th century Viking grave that is inscribed with the phrase ‘for Allah’.
DQx4V TIL the main reason for dimming the lights during takeoff and landing is not to create a cozy atmosphere on the plane, but rather to allow the eyes to adjust to the outside light conditions in case of an emergency evacuation.