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TIL United airlines promised to help a blind woman off a plane once everyone had gotten off but they just left her there and the maintenance crew had to help her out.

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XyZR TIL At 84, Dick Van Dyke fell asleep surfing, floated out of sight of land and was rescued by Porpoises.
KOb4G TIL that voles comfort each other when mistreated. Also, the comforting voles have the same level of stress hormone of the mistreated one, suggesting that voles are capable of empathy
Y6gA TIL while filming his death in ‘Goodfellas’ Michael Imperioli cut his hand on a glass and was taken to the ER where the doctors rushed to treat his fake bullet wounds.
XEXMr TIL in 2013 the Redskins cheerleaders were being exploited to please sponsors in a showing outside the country and some were made to strip in front of male guest and passports were removed.
R5ow8 TIL: There was a fraud scheme also named "Gone in 60 Seconds" in 2012 which stole millions from Citibank. The group spread out across multiple casinos and simultaneously withdrew money from cash advance kiosks. The ringleader and 13 accomplices were caught, with one remaining a fugitive as of 2014.