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TIL the plane in the 1983 “Gimli Glider” incident was repaired and regularly used until 2008

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8ev68 TIL that when you flush the toilet, stool particles fly up, up to five feet in the air.
NR5M TIL about ablaut reduplication, an unwritten rule in the english language stating that, “if there are three words then the order must go I, A, O. If there are two words then the 1st is I and the 2nd is either A or O.” It is the reason we say tick-tock, not tock-tick, ding-dong not dong-ding etc.
NXrAe TIL Memphis, TN, had 4 mayors between December 31, 1939 and January 1, 1940. A new one who had already served as mayor was sworn in at midnight on January 1 and immediately resigned, then the Vice Mayor temporarily became mayor while they chose someone else to be mayor.
KOeKa TIL that in 1874, the NY Herald published an article about a mass escape of wild animals from the zoo, concluding with "the story given above is a pure fabrication". Most readers overlooked the final paragraph, and it sparked a mass panic, with the NY Times editor leaving his house with two pistols
Wao4 TIL Lenny “Luca Brasi” Montana of The Godfather used to be an arsonist for the mob. He’d tie a kerosene-soaked tampon to a mouse’s tail, light it, and set it loose in a building.