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TIL Bill Gates hijacked the control panel at an airport gate -- and got the plane to come back.

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b9NoQ TIL that a small puncture in a hydraulic line can produce a needle like stream that shoots oil into the blood if interfered, and that these cases often get misdiagnosed
vPjlx TIL that American milk is pasteurized using a high-temperature short-time pasteurization, that gives a shelf life of 7 to 10 days. Europe however, uses an ultra-high-heat pasteurization which results in about a 3 month shelf life.
LV7p TIL there is a federal political party in Canada, called the Rhinoceros Party, whose only promise is to keep none of its promises if elected.
Vy6p TIL a mule is not just the offspring of a donkey and a horse, but more specifically the offspring of a MALE donkey and a FEMALE horse. The other way around is much rarer: a ‘Hinny’
dbN8 TIL in old English the possessive (eg. cat’s) was marked by -es. This was shortened to -s, which is why there’s an apostrophe (as it represents the missing ‘e’)