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TIL an airline cancelled the frequent flier miles of a skiplagger (someone who gets off at the connecting flight destination)

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J1jwl TIL Patsy Kensit, well-known singer and actress of the 80s, started her career as a child actor and was married four times that each did not last longer than four years. She was married to other musicians of which are famous vocalists Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) and Liam Gallagher (Oasis).
pVpb TIL that during the University of Texas Tower Shooting in 1966, several frat boys and hunting enthusiasts rushed to their homes and trucks to get their rifles. Officers told them to shoot to kill.
j0oN TIL why some people stay irrationally calm and take no action when faced with an immediate or impending disaster. It’s called “normalcy bias”.
grl7X TIL that your heart can grow new vessels in response to greater blood flow, due to exercise
b9lnE TIL that born and raised in Mozambique student filed lawsuit against medical school in US for harassment and suspension for identifying himself as “white African-American.” He was told “never to call himself as an African-American" as it was offensive to others and to people of color.