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TIL Alaska Airlines once delayed a flight to Hawaii by 25 minutes so that their passengers could witness a total solar eclipse over the Pacific Ocean.

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j6drN TIL-During the Irish 1916 rising fighting was paused daily between the Irish rebels and British soldiers to allow the park keeper of St.Stephens Green to feed the ducks.
GYJB7 TIL about the Demon Ukobach, said to be the inventor of fireworks and the art of frying foods.
QJJ09 TIL people are finding razor blades hidden inside their walls because it was once common to throw used shaving blades thorough a slot at the back of medicine cabinets
PYPMg TIL exactly 45 years ago (12/06/73), Nixon used his power under the 25th Amendment to appoint Ford as his new vice president the United States. To date, Ford remains the only person to assume the roles of both President and Vice President without having been elected by the electoral college.
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