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TIL that when people complained of long baggage claim waits, Houston airport — rather than speeding up wait times — made flyers walk further to reach their belongings. Service was then perceived to be quicker and better.

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Z8MWB TIL that as comedian Sam Kinison lay dying from injuries sustained from a drunk driver he began saying, to no one in particular, "I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die." He paused as if listening, then said,"But why?" He paused once more, saying, "Okay, okay, okay," and peacefully passing away.
QVre TIL Aaron Swartz, a tech whiz-kid and political activist, tried to liberate almost 5 million restricted articles and $50,000 worth of text books to the public, but ended up facing $1m and 35 years in jail, which ultimately drove him to hang himself.
KaDQ TIL because, 30 years after the meltdown, radiation makes farming and forestry too dangerous in the area, Ukraine is working on plans to turn the Chernobyl zone into a massive solar farm.
JDBl TIL that South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna has not finished off the podium in her ENTIRE career
POWg TIL - There’s a guy who is trying to Gump it across all 50 states. He’d finished 31 states so far.