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TIL: One quarter of the world's population is thought to be infected with Tuberculosis.

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vWAK TIL that the guy who was arrested for shooting down a $1800 drone that was hovering over his sunbathing daughter, later had charges dismissed, and later suits denied.
Y7p4W TIL the no photography rule at the Sistine Chapel is a result of the company who paid for the restoration wanting exclusive rights to the media, and not to protect the artwork itself specifically.
wvm1 TIL that from the late 18th to mid-19th century, it was considered bad for women to read novels based on the belief that women were not “able to differentiate between fiction and life.”
y0op TIL that during the Berlin Blockade in 1948 a pilot who was doing supply drops for the civilians became known as ‘Uncle Wiggly Wings’ after he started dropping candy and chocolate from his plane and wiggling his wings so people knew it was him.
7aKb TIL - The first female flight attendants had to be an unwed nurse, weight between 100-118 lbs, stand 5ft to 5'4" and be 20 to 26 years old