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TIL that the Wright Brothers tested over 50 different types of airfoils on their plane.

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YJj7 TIL the musicians of the Titanic were legally considered independent contractors rather than crew, so their families received no survivor benefits.
mgwp TIL that a soft drink company made a soda containing lithium called “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”. Later, the company changed the name to the much simpler “7up” after Lithium’s atomic mass.
7rWBM TIL that a San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer, called Kevin Briggs, has talked around 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge since 1994.
KOX0a TIL that in 2009 a teenager was assaulted and gang-raped at a school in California, and it took over two hours for anyone to call the police despite there being multiple witnesses to the attack, some of whom allegedly filmed the proceedings instead
vQnr TIL that the drug Daraprim costs about 5 cents in India compared to $750 in the United States!