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TIL there are only 13 active airships (blimps) in the world.
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TIL that after hitting his head in the shallow end of a swimming pool, a man awoke with the condition known as aquired musical savant syndrome. He had become a great pianist without ever learning to play.
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TIL On the list of celebrity plane crashes in the last 20 years, Harrison Ford is the only one who has been in more than one. He's been in 4.
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TIL Sea shanties can be grouped into three types: short haul shanties, for tasks requiring quick pulls; halyard shanties, for heavier work requiring more setup time between pulls; and capstan shanties, for long, repetitive tasks.
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TIL that a Serbian flight attendant once fell 10,160 meters (33,330 ft) without a parachute and survived.
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TIL that in non-English speaking countries, Dora the Explorer teaches you... English!