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TIL about Time Balls

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LkrGv TIL that a BA pilot named Tim Lancaster in 1990 was sucked out of the cockpit. His crew held on to him. Lancaster lived to tell the tale.
YEbG TIL that if a similar show launched today that went as far back as That 70s Show did when it first aired, it’d be about a group of high schoolers in 1994.
LkKZm TIL that a newborn is triggered into its first breathe by contractions that reducing oxygen flow through the umbilical, which increases carbon dioxide. The increase of carbon dioxide causes acidosis which triggers the respiratory center of the brain, causing the baby to start using it's lungs.
Oo0o4 TIL Richard Norris Williams survived Titanic sinking, but spent too much time in freezing water and rescue doctor recommended amputation of both his legs. He refused and proceeded to win his first tennis tournament a few months later and became Wimbledon doubles champion in 1920.
R7Rk9 TIL Israel merged the front half of a damaged rare 2 seat F-15 with the back half of an obsolete retired single seat F15. When they asked Boeing for advice Boeing never responded thinking the Israeli air force was joking.