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TIL there are 35 types of snowflakes with 121 subtypes and it’s statistically impossible to ever have two identical snowflakes

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nRpb TIL when North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was parodied in the film Team America: World Police (2004), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea asked the Czech Republic to ban the film.
NXerP TIL of Jack Gilbert Graham, bombed his mothers flight to claim life insurance he purchased from a vending machine at the airport.
GA417 TIL After British Airways Flight 9 flew through volcanic ash, the Captain announced "We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
JjZm TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, created a robot for Robot Wars named ‘Blendo’ which was so powerful, it tossed bits of enemy competitors out of the arena, and damaged arena walls.
9w9p TIL Before making his name as an actor, Steve Buscemi (known for roles in Fargo, Boardwalk Empire) worked as a firefighter in Manhattan. In the days after 9/11, he returned to his old firehouse as a volunteer on “the Pile.”