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TIL that actor and creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to be on one of the planes hijacked during the 9/11 terror attacks, but missed the flight because he was hungover.

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0wBAv TIL that the act of throwing someone through a window is known as "defenestration", coined after an argument in Prague Castle about religion in 1618 led to three people being thrown out a third-storey window.
1aJQD TIL Mexican jumping beans are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth The "bean" "jumps" when heated because the larva spasms in an attempt to roll the seed to a cooler environment to avoid dehydration and consequent death.
N7b11 TIL that days after winning the Stanley Cup, Vladimir Konstantinov was paralyzed in a car accident. When the Red Wings repeated as champions the following year, his name was engraved on the Stanley Cup again. Although his number is not officially retired, no other Red Wing has worn #16 since.
eJDJ TIL that a woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York
gg0y TIL there is a species of wood frog in Alaska that freezes during Winter, its heart and breathing stops and its blood freezes. Then as Spring comes around, it thaws out, hops off and carries on with life.