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TIL that in 2017 Saudi Prince Bought Plane Tickets for His 80 Falcons

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9YLbB TIL of Canadian Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon, who saved the world from possible nuclear annihilation by breaking protocol, when on October 5th 1960, the BMEWS site in Thule, Greenland falsely detected a level 5 ICBM attack due to the rising moon.
Q6RX TIL the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald sued American Airlines for negligence for letting 9/11 hijackers board their flights. The attacks led to the deaths of numerous Cantor Fitzgerald employees and the destruction of their World Trade Center office. They settled out of court for $135 million.
r1Qy TIL a Russian woman in the 1700’s gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets in just 40 years with the same man.
yQZMl TIL of Japanese anti-hero Yoshie Shiratori, who escaped from prison 4 times and used miso soup to erode steel bars.
OGXGe TIL there's only 2 individuals left of the world's largest freshwater turtle - the Yangtze giant softshell