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TIL that this week was the first time American Airlines has hired a flight attendant since 9/11

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wowp6 TIL of the Sphinx, a french ironclad warship initially built for the confederacy. After the Union blocked the transaction France sold the ship to Denmark, who refused to accept the ship and sold it back to the confederates. The ship then changed hands several times to end his carreer in Japan.
BgNrD TiL that in the early 70's, the cannabis strain "Acapulco Gold" was so popular at Columbia University that the college had a dedicated smuggling route via Austin, Texas.
oNeY TIL Teen Marijuana Use Doesn’t Cause Brain Damage, But Alcohol Does
ADVxo TIL Walt and Roy Disney made this film (in 1964) to help get financing to build a college called CalArts to be placed in Hollywood, California. Which later got built about an hour North in Valencia, California.
OKYX TIL that American soldiers used the ace of spaces as a terror weapon in the Vietnam War. They would leave the card on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and would litter the forested grounds with the card. The card was used so much that Bicycle was asked to produce crates full of this one card.