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TIL that commercial airline pilots help make weather forecasts more accurate

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16gg8 TIL that, when translated, the "haka" - the Maori war dance performed by NZ sports teams - mentions a hairy man who makes the sun shine.
n15W TIL according to Worker’s Comp, the average maximum compensation for an arm in the US is $169,878. For a leg, it’s $153,221. So if something costs “an arm and a leg,” it comes to a total of $323,099.
Y7ERZ TIL, 300 in-person line judges will be replaced by electronic line calling systems this year for the first time in the tournament's 147-year history of The Wimbledon Championships.
YZy7 TIL Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously hard on actors. He was once quoted as saying, “Actors are cattle”—a quip that stirred up a huge outcry. In response, he issued this correction: “I have been misquoted. What I really said is, ‘Actors should be treated as cattle.’”
8aXaX TIL scientists in China found a way to use genetically modified and infertile male mosquitos to wipe out large populations of mosquitos, pave the way of a mosquito-free future for us ????