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TIL that Tiny Hole in Airplane Windows is a safety feature called the breather hole is used to regulate the amount of pressure that passes between the window’s inner and outer panes

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wylP TIL that 2 weeks before Woodstock, a similar festival was held in Atlantic City. It ran well, on schedule with proper facilities, and many people say it was better than Woodstock, but it wasn’t filmed so it is mostly forgotten.
Z0op TIL it would actually take 5 minutes of inhaling an item soaked in chloroform to render a person unconscious
e0MVg TIL that by far the most successful predator with a 90-95% success rate when hunting, is the dragonfly. This is in large part due to a combination of very high speed and their ambush strategy, allowing them to rush down insects before they know what to do.
V1PG TIL a facebook contest was fixed by 4chan that sent Pitbull to perform at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska. Knowing it was setup, he went anyways.
BMRW TIL blanket octopuses tear tentacles off of the Portuguese man o’ war and use them as weapons