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TIL When inflight smoking was being initially banned there was an exemption for pilots out of safety concerns of them going through nicotine withdrawl

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OooR7 TIL in 2016, seven years after his death, Michael Jackson made $825 million.
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5YZGD TIL jazz guitarist Pat Martino suffered a near-fatal seizure in 1980 which left him with amnesia and no recollection or knowledge of how to play the guitar. He re-learned how to play the instrument, and resumed his performing and recording career in 1987 until his death in 2021.
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gMVjD TIL American Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to have won gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different disciplines