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TIL about the “William Shatner” seat, a term for the seat on an airplane providing the clearest view of the wings, allowing flight attendants and other crew easier inspection. It is denoted with a black triangle and named in reference to the Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”

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YpJvG TIL that Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence explicitly condemned slavery. The Continental Congress insisted on removing these passages before the document was published.
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