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TIL: Passengers on commercial flights are allowed to bring a parachute on board as a carry-on or checked-in luggage.

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Z8Xmv TIL about Herbert Kleber, who pushed for evidence-based addiction treatment, not punishment and moralisms. This approach treated addiction as a medical condition instead of a failure of moral character, and helped prevent relapses, saving countless lives and transforming substance abuse treatment.
woJlJ TIL a Babylonian dream prophecy from 2700 BC, "If he carries beer in the street his heart will be glad."
rexo TIL that until 1990, there was a McDonald’s store that operated outside the control of McDonalds corporation. It was franchised by the original McDonald brothers, and was completely independent.
d85YB TIL how to perform the Heimlich manouver on yourself... Because you deserve to live.
5VVnr TIL that in Australia's worst aircraft crash no Australians died. In 1943 the crash of a USAAF B17 Flying Fortress took the lives of 40 US servicemen leaving only one survivor. No other aviation incident in Australia before or since has cost more lives.