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TIL there is a 747 hotel at the airport in Stockholm. You can sleep in the cockpit or inside an engine housing

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16gR7 TIL that in Medieval Europe, the Feast of the Ass on 14 January celebrated the donkey that carried Mary into Egypt after the birth of Jesus.
R5pa TIL that Hitler originally had a handlebar mustache, but was ordered to shave it to his famous toothbrush style during WWI in order for his gas mask to fit air tight.
JYPym TIL at the coronation of William the Conqueror the crowds cheered so loudly the guards thought it was an assassination on the new king and started killing and burning homes around Westminister Abbey. The clergy finished the coronation despite the fighting.
p8vjQ TIL that there is a word for the murder of citizens by their own government, "Democide" and it is the leading cause of unnatural human death.
1a77 TIL that in parts of Africa, the only drinkable water available comes from Coca Cola and they charge more for water than soda- go 31:47 into video