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TIL there are only 2 escalators in the entire state of Wyoming

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XEvW8 TIL That when flying in formation flight, induced drag is significantly reduces by 81% with up to 25 wings in a V-shaped formation. This is often seen in migratory birds which help them fly longer by saving energy.
N7eLE TIL the second officer of the Titanic, who survived by swimming from the sinking ship to a capsized raft, later in life sailed his civilian craft to Dunkirk and helped evacuate over 130 men.
p8vQN TIL Over a five-year period starting in 1968, commercial jets were hijacked nearly once a week in the United States.
oBVyE TIL that after a nuclear test at the Bikini Atoll one of the experimental animals, Pig 311, actually survived and was found swimming for shore in a lagoon. It was eventually retire to the National Zoological Park in DC
KY9xG TIL stock trader Jesse Livermore predicted the 1929 crash, made a profit due to his prediction, and became a target until his eventual suicide in 1940