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TIL you are allowed to take your own personal parachute on a commercial flight as long as it meets certain requirements

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Ljg9 TIL Pfizer spent 2.8 billion developing an Inhaler an as Insulin shot alternative for diabetics only to discontinue it because people thought it was too large carry around in pockets and fickle doctors wouldn’t prescribe it
GYvx4 Today I learned about Valentina Ramírez, the Mexican version of Mulan. She fought in the Mexican revolution under the name of Juan Ramírez after her father passed. Eventually earning the title of lieutenant.
DQ54j TIL That the large Solar Storms of 1972 caused numerous detonations of U.S. naval mines in North Vietnam
DQ4Rp TIL the combine harvester's name is derived from the fact it combines four different operations in the harvesting process into a single machine (reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing)
xVnQo TIL when the Supreme Court ruled on whether Muzak (e.g. elevator music) was allowed to be played on public transport, Justice Felix Frankfurter hated Muzak so much that he recused himself. He stated that he "so strongly engaged as a victim" in the case.