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TIL in 2012 a 80 yo lady safely landed a plane after her husband, the pilot, had an heart attack and died while flying. She had never flown before.

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x6yg1 TIL myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has an economic impact of 36–51 billion dollars per year in the USA, yet historical research funding is far below that of comparable diseases
AYy4 TIL that some children in Colombia need to use a a quarter of a mile high zip line above the Rio Negra because it’s the only way to get to school
rRkAx TIL Spiders can sense electrical currents in the air and use them to launch themselves upward, traveling up to hundreds of miles. Occasionally a “mass ballooning” occurs, where so many spiders descend from the sky it looks like snow
R7ERj TIL The Selmer Company claims a 42 percent share of the U.S. professional band instrument market and 25 percent of beginner instrument sales. Over three-fourths of its unit sales are made to student musicians. Sales rose and fell in concert with the birth rate, albeit with a 10- to 11-year lag
XEKy6 TIL Canonical (the people behind Ubuntu) are partners with Microsoft