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YDax TIL A woman had a heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.
5YyNk TIL astronomers have discovered more than 2,500 other stars with planets orbiting them in our galaxy.
d8pwd TIL the city of San Francisco is also its own county. It is a consolidated city-county and is the only one in California.
6EYXQ TIL, against conventional rules of Latin grammar, Toyota declared that the plural of Prius is Prii. (pronounced PREE eye)
rRQAo TIL following the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Adidas left their factory for the Soviets. Instead of decommissioning, the Soviets used similar designs from the Adidas Gazelles for their military uniforms in Afghanistan and the "Mockba" style of shoes became a status symbol among Soviet special forces