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TIL the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” was originally “care killed the cat” and had a little used second part “but satisfaction brought it back”

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wLmdJ TIL - in the 1980s, American Airlines needed cash, and sold lifetime, unlimited use, first class passes. Two men, in particular, made excellent use (traveling millions of miles and getting flights for strangers) until American revoked the “unlimited” passes.
4kgpg TIL about the Charter of the Forest of 1217, an English charter which re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. It remained in force for 754 years, being superseded only in 1971
4kAlw TIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no injuries on landing
e0kR4 TIL in 1999, the mummified remains of a pregnant Hispanic woman were found in a drum in the crawl space of a house in NY. She was identified as Reyna Marroquín, a woman who’d vanished in 1969. She’d had an affair with her employer. He killed himself before police could properly question him.
Wg9 TIL: That atheists buried in the Arlington National Cemetery get an atom on their headstone instead of a cross.