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TIL in March 1992, after Southwest just started using the “Just Plane Smart” motto, Stevens Aviation, who had been using it for their motto, threatened a trademark lawsuit. Instead of a lawsuit, the CEOs of both companies staged an arm wrestling match for the use of the phrase.

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X079D TIL so many Royal English babies died that when Alfred of Great Britain died at age 1 in 1780 there was a policy against mourning the deaths of Royal children under age seven.
won4E TIL Casey Kasem is buried in an unmarked grave in Oslo Norway.
4xAo TIL that due to selective breeding watermelons, bananas, eggplants, carrots, corn and peach of centuries ago are virtually unrecognisable.
OokXX TIL that in the 70s, Stephen King published several books under a pseudonym, partly to test whether his fame was due to luck or talent: “Thinner did 28,000 copies when Bachman was the author . . . 280,000 when Steve King became the author . . . might tell you something, huh?
mkkO TIL the Holocaust in Belarus killed up to 40% of its population. 100,000 Jews lived in the Minsk ghetto, with 1.5 meters of allotted space each and none for children. The Nazis planned to kill 75% of Belorussians - those with blonde hair/blue eyes would be allowed to live as slaves for Germans.