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TIL a few weeks after the Korean War ended, a North Korean pilot defected with a MiG-15 to South Korea and was paid $100k as a reward for being the first pilot to defect with an operational aircraft

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loZ0A TIL Owls have long legs
99NX TIL of the “suicide palm” recently discovered in Madagascar that flowers itself to death. The plant grows for decades before exploding with nectar-rich blossoms that deplete the plant’s nutrients and cause it to die
e4Wb TIL the lyrics for the song “Suicide is Painless”, the theme song for the film Mash were written by the director’s 14 year-old son. He made over a million dollars in royalties while his father only made$70,000 for directing.
X0vpP TIL that the Dutch Caribbean, speaks a Portuguese-based creole (Papiamentu) and English as the majority spoken languages. Although Dutch is widely taught and known among locals.
loEVN TIL Oregon had the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history, Vortex I. It was an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland during a planned visit by President Richard Nixon.