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TIL that in the Tenerife air disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history, none of the victims had tickets to Tenerife.

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kJWRd TIL during a systemic crisis in the 1970s, 95 Third World states united with OPEC, which threatened to invest its petrodollar surpluses into a New International Economic Order. For the first time in history, an attempt at reforming world order came from an overwhelming global majority.
omRL TIL that Teflon (PTFE) is the only substance that a gecko cannot climb.
QLOE TIL that adding milk (or anything with fat) to tea destroys the tea’s antioxidants
W1k9 TIL that no one knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
1a0eP TIL that the deepest underground subway station in the world is Arsenalna on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line at 105.5 metres. It takes approximately 4 minutes to reach the bottom via two sets of escalators.