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TIL that the FAA has banned all ‘uber airplane’ ridesharing type services

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PY58w TIL that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, used to be one of the briefcase holders on Deal or No Deal.
78PLb TIL Kingsford Charcoal originated from Ford Motor Company selling scrap wood from the construction of their Model T vehicles.
OgOg TIL the US Navy maintains a research vessel that is designed to be capsized vertically. As a result, most rooms on it have two doors: one to use when the ship is horizontal, another when vertical.
KYXGQ TIL in 2013 in Florida, a sink hole unexpectedly opened up beneath a sleeping man’s bedroom and swallowed him whole. He is presumed dead.
KOXyB TIL: In Costa Rica, a sea turtle conservation organization is exposing sea turtle egg poachers by placing fake sea turtle eggs on the beach, with GPS trackers imbedded inside the eggs to reveal the location of whoever takes them.