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TIL that 72 people lost their lives in plane crash in Nepal, because instead of deploying the flaps for landing, the co-pilot pulled to lever to cut fuel supply to the engine.

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loX0B TIL the rap/male vocals in Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life" were added because radio stations thought the song was "too feminine." You can listen to Amy Lee's version of the song on the band's 2017 album "Synthesis."
LQNNm TIL cat fur allergy is not actually for fur bot for proteins in saliva on it.
yVeVe TIL director Brad Bird was inspired to make the movie "The Iron Giant" after his sister Susan was murdered by her husband, who shot her. His pitch was "What if a gun had a soul, and didn't want to be a gun?
OGB66 TIL there's a type of broccoli called Romanesco that naturally grows in a fractal pattern
GAvkg TIL the " Where do we go now? " ending to Guns N Roses " Sweet Child O' Mine " came about because the band couldn't figure out how to end this part of the track.