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TIL 84% of American vegetarians return to eating meat
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9YKyr
TIL in 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital because it was the midpoint between Toronto & Montreal thus a political compromise between English speaking & French speaking Canada
JV94
TIL a disgruntled employee attempted to hijack and crash a FedEx flight using hammers and a speargun. Despite their traumatic head injuries, one pilot flew the plane upside down while the other grappled with the assailant until he was subdued. Both pilots lived and managed to land the plane safely
KOan4
TIL Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona O'Neill, became the victim of a extortion plot when his coffin was stolen from his grave by two unemployed mechanics who demanded a ransom. Two months later the coffin was found, and reinterred, and O'Neill was buried next to him upon her death.
j6dRp
TIL that Sphynx cats can have blackheads on their tails
1a6pO
TIL that over 50k Australians signed a petition to change the name of their currency to "Dollarydoos"