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TIL that in 2021, a Frontier Airlines flight from Orlando to Knoxville was cancelled, leaving 13 people stranded, with no other flights for another two days. The group worked together to rent a minivan and drove the entire distance, making it there the following morning.

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eoa5 TIL in a 2014 study of 3,000 married couples, Emory University discovered that couples who spent more than $20K on their wedding are roughly 46% more likely to get divorced than couples who spent $5-10K.
dDVmZ TIL about Charles I. D. Looff, a German manufacturer who built the first carousel on Coney Island, the historic Crescent Park carousel, and the Santa Monica Pier in California
oBraL TIL about the huge environmental impact of cut bunches of flowers due to the fact that most are grown in South America using pesticides banned in the West, trucked to and from airports, and flown around the world representing an enormous carbon footprint.
mxvwO TIL about Union Pacific's restoration of UP 4014 "Big Boy". When completed in 2019, it will be the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world.
1aJQD TIL Mexican jumping beans are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth The "bean" "jumps" when heated because the larva spasms in an attempt to roll the seed to a cooler environment to avoid dehydration and consequent death.