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TIL that the Indian airline GoAir, only hires female flight attendants because they weigh less, saving up to $500,000 a year in fuel.

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aP7N TIL Jackie Chan and his stunt team are blacklisted by all insurance companies so he has to pay himself whenever somebody in his movies get hurt
RRrw TIL that there are 57 signals that Google looks at to personally tailor one’s query results and that there is no standard Google anymore.
rNJ84 TIL that from 1170 to 1512, "The Neck Verse" could save one from punishment for almost any crime in England. Literate accusees, or criminals who had simply memorised Psalm 51:3, would recite it to claim the "Benefit of Clergy", meaning they would be tried by the much more lenient church courts.
rRr4W TIL of the Montparnasse derailment in Paris. A train entered the station too fast, crashed through a wall, and fell 33 feet before landing on its nose and killing a woman standing below. A guard was fined 25 francs as he'd been preoccupied with paperwork and failed to apply the emergency handbrake.
d8meE TIL in 2012, a civilian working on the submarine USS Miami wanted to get off work early so he started a fire that soon spread out of control and ultimately resulted in the boat being decommissioned. He was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.