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TIL Southwest Airlines (The world’s 2nd largest airline by passengers carried) has never had an in-flight fatality.

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40Aa TIL a Michigan State University professor has created a transparent solar panel that can be used in building to potentially power the entire building. It can also be retrofitted to older glass buildings to still harness power.
oR9GL TIl - The dragonfly is natures most proficient hunter with an average success rate of 95%.
BRbk TIL that Harvard College is suspected of grade inflation. The median grade is an A-, and the most frequently awarded mark is an A.
oeaR TIL: Dolph Lundgren’s house was broken into, and his wife tied up. The burglars saw a photo of Lundgren and fled realizing who’s house they were in.
6B58 TIL in 2007 a Bowhead whale was found to have a harpoon dating back to the 1890’s embedded in its blubber, indicating that it had survived a similar attack more than 100 years prior