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TIL a 64-year-old manager at a French defense manufacturer was gifted a ride as a passenger in a military jet but he failed to secure himself properly in the cockpit and at one point tried to to hold onto the ejector handle, accidentally activating it and ejecting himself mid-flight.

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R8bQ TIL that a man who spent 6 months in jail after being falsely accused of murder was set free when his attorney established his alibi by finding him in outtake footage from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” which was shooting at a Dodgers game.
Wk9vX TIL the longest running daily tradition in history is the blowing of a horn at the 4 corners of a town square in Ripon, UK. The tradition began back in 886 and has continued for the past 1,133 years without fail at 9pm each night to herald the arrival of the evening.
R5wp8 TIL of Rasa von Werder, popularized female bodybuilding, competing along with Arnold in "Best Body" competitions. She also worked as a stripper and minister, later creating her own church. In 2008 she ended 30 years of religious celibacy because God told her to become a "cougar".
VyyQ TIL in every British nuclear submarine there is a handwritten letter from the British Prime Minister, to be opened only if the country has been decimated by nuclear war.
61DY TIL that Jim Bowie, after being shot and impaled by a sword after a duel, disemboweled a local sheriff, was shot and stabbed again and survived. For this reason, the large knife he used in the fight is called a Bowie Knife.