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TIL Parachute riggers, guys who pack the parachutes in the US Air force, jump their own parachutes. At any given point, rigger can be asked to jump a parachute that they packed or any other rigger packed. And if they can't jump because of illness or injury, they can't pack.

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R5Vm6 TIL on 9/11/01 a guest at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, located at the base of the towers, awoke to the first plane crashing but went back to bed. He then got up, turned on the news, took a shower, packed his things, and only decided to evacuate when the South Tower collapsed onto the hotel
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