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TIL that the first airplane ticket ever sold was bought by a reporter named Albert Beach in 1908 for a flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida. The ticket cost $400, which is equivalent to around $11,000 in today's currency.

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w4g1 TIL in 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups.
5YRpD TIL that the “Grizzly Adams did have a beard” guy, Lee Trevino. (Who is also considered one of the greatest golfer of all time.) Wished he had never been apart of Happy Gilmore, due to “foul” words.
Wk66o TIL the notion that NASA astronauts carry suicide pills for use in case they are marooned in outer space is untrue. Exposure to outer space results in a much faster and smoother demise compared to a suicide pill.
KYlWJ TIL that Gall wasps lay their eggs inside growing acorns which cause abnormal bumpy growths on the outside of the acorn while also protecting the Gall wasp larvae inside throughout the winter
LkbWm TIL Surgeons had to remove 78 forks & spoons from a women's stomach, who had been complaining about stomach pains