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TIL United Airlines denied 3.5 billion dollars worth of employee pension

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7rdMx TIL that the song ‘Surfin Bird’ by The Trashmen is actually a mash up of two songs by doo-wop group The Rivingtons; ‘The Bird’s the Word’ and ‘Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow’. The Rivingtons were not originally credited on ‘Surfin Bird’.
PLPw TIL the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office failed to investigate more than 400 sex crimes, at least 32 child molestations and the rape of a 13 year old girl who became pregnant by her uncle.
DwdD TIL of vinyl players that work by laser beams reading the grooves, leaving no deterioration to the vinyl.
Lkep0 TIL of Shabani, a gorilla at a Japanese zoo considered so handsome that he became an internet sensation in 2015 when women began flocking to the zoo to gaze at him. They vied to get his attention and took photographs which they shared on social media.
X0wX TIL it is legal to carry a switchblade in the US if you are an amputee - section 1244 subsection 4