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TIL The spice saffron is approximately worth its weight in gold

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DpwV TIL in 2002, a mid-air collision between a passenger jet and cargo jet took the lives of all 71 people aboard both planes. A man whose family was killed in the collision later stabbed to death the Air Traffic Controller that was on duty at the time of the collision.
6dvl TIL that Oregon’s entire coastline is public land: “The Oregon Beach Bill decreed that all land within sixteen vertical feet of the average low tide mark belongs to the people of Oregon and guarantees… free and uninterrupted use”
gA7y TIL that jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing
kOjnB TIL that the Sackbut likely got its name from the French terms 'sacquer' and 'bouter', which describe the motions of pushing and pulling used while playing the instrument.
R7ERj TIL The Selmer Company claims a 42 percent share of the U.S. professional band instrument market and 25 percent of beginner instrument sales. Over three-fourths of its unit sales are made to student musicians. Sales rose and fell in concert with the birth rate, albeit with a 10- to 11-year lag