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TIL North America almost broke apart but didn't and ended up with the largest non-sea rift in the world

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69bbQ TIL helicopters can produce deadly turbulance at airfields which can make small "General Aviation" aircraft lose control and crash if not properly managed.
mxGxO TIL That the little blob on your toothpaste actually has a name. It's called a nurdle and Colgate and Glaxo had a lawsuit over who would be allowed to show it in their advertising
XEvwk [TIL] Ernest Shackleton, captain of Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and the ship was crushed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice for 2 years until it disintegrated, then launched the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, 720 m away.
NX0De TIl about RM Colonel Mark Nicholas Grey who in 1993 helped save thousands of life’s in Croatia by exceeding his authority and opening a spill way gate at Peruća Dam after the Serbs detonated explosives on it. His actions lowered water levels by several meters and the dam did not fail
v0Px TIL that a woman gave birth to three children whose DNA didn’t match her own. Despite being monitored while giving birth, she was charged with benefits fraud until it was discovered she carried two complete and differing sets of DNA.