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TIL the largest political party in Belgium is committed to the long-term breakup of the country

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QNL56 TIL about Chen Tao, a Taiwanese UFO religion. In 1998, its leader predicted that God would appear on U.S. TV and perform miracles, but nothing happened and he later apologized and offered to be stoned or crucified. No one took up the offer.
yQMXX TIL That they use GMT as the timezone on the International Space Station.
b6o90 TIL Warren Buffet whose net worth is around $100B today, didn't reach $1B until he was in his 50s
yQw9w TIL in 2018 a ground service agent with no prior piloting experience (beyond playing flight simulators) stole a commercial plane and successfully executed barrel rolls and other stunts for more than an hour while having an emotional breakdown. He then intentionally crashed on a sparsely populated i
MerWb TIL that only 388k slaves out of a total 12.5 million that crossed the Atlantic were sold in the US. The rest (10.7 million) went to Mexico and South America.