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TIL American's Ate Nearly 1.5 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl LX

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696kW TIL that earth’s rotation is changing speed. It's actually slowing. This means that, on average, the length of a day increases by around 1.8 seconds per century.
WMNB TIL that in 1972, a serbian flight attendant fell from 33000ft (10000m) after the plane she was flying in was torn apart by an explosive device. She survived the fall without permanent injuries.
69BVm TIL: In 1971, American Airlines had piano bars on their aircraft
grDE8 TIL that astronauts can't cry properly in space - In microgravity, tears don't fall as they do on Earth. Instead, they form a ball on the eye, which can cause discomfort.
oBpOo TIL that the instructions on how to use the US M79 Rocket Launcher was to “aim towards the enemy”