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TIL Norway's first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer

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xRvD TIL that the 5th oldest tree in the world was destroyed when a 26 year old model set a fire to see better while she was smoking meth inside the hollow trunk. She was turned in by friends after showing them pictures of the fire and telling them “I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus.”
xVP5k TIL the Chicago Tunnel Company once sold naturally cool tunnel air to theaters above the tunnels as an early form of air conditioning
0dmbj TIL Conjoined twins occur once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births and 70 percent of conjoined twins are female
JYeaV TIL that Former President John Tyler tried to organize a peace conference in 1861 to avert a civil war. At the same time, his granddaughter was ceremonially hoisting the flag for the Confederate convention in Alabama.
ma7y TIL in 1995 a plain clothes Boston Police officer was brutally beaten by his fellow officers after they mistook him for a fleeing suspect. BPD officers tried to intimidate and harass him into staying quiet afterwards.