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TIL there has not been a midair collision of a jet airliner in the US in 36 years. From 1960 to 1986 there were eight such crashes, including one with a fighter jet near Los Angeles in 1971.

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xma7 TIL Uber is illegal in Finland. Cops regularly “catch” drivers, and fine them €300. Drivers routinely ask passengers to sit up front and act like they’re friends.
9Y9MX TIL the movie (and song) “9 to 5” was inspired by an actual women’s labor movement called 9 to 5 that started in Boston in the 1970s
neWxY TIL, that the economical model responsible for this genocidal program implemented by Pol Pot in Cambodia originated as a doctoral thesis at Sorbonne in 1950s
Z11p TIL that Amy Van Dyken, a 6-times Olympic gold medalist swimmer, has been an asthmatic her whole life, proving that children with asthma can grow to be olympic-level athletes!
8Rxa TIL Chinese say “eggplant” instead of “cheese” when taking pictures.