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TIL : In 1986 a Russian commercial pilot made a bet with the first officer that he could land blind with curtains over the cockpit windows. He lost the bet, crashing and killing 70 people.

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pYvY8 TIL being bullied is the least common in Korea and Japan amongst OECD countries
KY9kB TIL Thai surnames are often very long because by law they are required to be unique to one family.
Zbrp TIL the Ohio River is the most polluted waterway in the United States, with 32 million lbs of toxic discharges every year. Companies are not required to release the results of their chemical safety testing to the public, nor do they have to reveal how much of each chemical they are releasing.
ne4Wd TIL the highest priority alert that can be issued is an Emergency Action Notification (EAN), sometimes called a “presidential alert”. An EAN sets into motion a series of events that causes all US TV and radio stations to become linked together to simulcast the President, or another federal official.
aAnJ TIL that China is not the only state to have limited the number of children allowed per family. A two-child policy existed in Vietnam, is being considered in the Philippines and has been advocated in the UK.