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TIL that the oxygen masks in commercial airliners only lasts 12-20 minutes and the oxygen is made from a chemical reaction that may cause a burning smell in the cabin

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pg6G TIL human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a major problem, and is even threatening the spread of disease. Nearly 700 climbers brave the world’s tallest peak each season but not all of them dispose of their trash, urine and feces properly.
8eEGX [TIL] Janet Cooke returned her Pulitzer prize after world came to know that the news article she wrote for The Washington Post was fictional.
aQZZ TIL of Lily Allen’s song ‘Alfie’ which is about her lazy brother and includes the lyric “"You need to get a job because the bills need to get paid”. Today her brother is more relevant than she ever was and is best known for his role as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.
Qpda TIL “Gringo” did not originate in Mexico to describe Americans, but in Spain in the 1700’s to describe foreigners whose speech was incomprehensible. Gringo likely came from the word “griego” meaning Greek, which in Spanish was used in the same way as English, “it’s Greek to me” (hablar in griego).
Z85vB TIL that whenever we look at the night sky we are looking at our past , most of the stars we see are not really there ,they are long gone but because of the distance the light takes a long time to travel that it still shows its past state.