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Short answer: Every once in a (very long) while

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PYAge TIL With one working arm, numerous facial wounds, and 8 of his crew dead or critically wounded, B-17 Pilot Lt. William R Lawley managed to fly his crippled plane one-handed all the way back to England, where he made a miraculous landing that saved the lives of all surviving crew members
x5ko TIL Keeping your gas tank less than ¼ full can end up causing your fuel pump to wear prematurely and fail.
wLxWo TIL Alec Guinness warned James Dean about his car one week before the deadly crash
0Z1 TIL a Monty Python sketch caused the word “spam” to become synonymous with unwanted messages.
Og7X TIL scientists discovered a way to make diamonds from tequila.