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TIL F-8 Crusader pilot Clliff Judkins survived a 15,000 foot fall when his parachute failed to open.

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nWx8B TIL of the Bayside Canadian Railway, a 200-foot-long railroad to nowhere in New Brunswick, Canada. Due to a loophole in the Jones Act, cargo between American ports is permitted to be shipped on foreign-built vessels if at some point it also uses a Canadian railroad.
pZM4 TIL: A Chimpanzee, name Julie, started a fashion trend among the other apes in her group in 2010 by sticking a hair of grass in her ear. The style caught on shortly after the act.
v1NK4 TIL: How to file a mining claim
OxZ6 TIL that Steve Jobs last words were “Oh wow.” repeated 3 times.
pYnyp TIL that Channel 5 was the only major UK television channel not to broadcast Queen Elizabeth II's funeral - they aired The Emoji Movie instead