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TIL that Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in Australia

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6ykJ TIL that the “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature in Google search actually cost Google $110 million a year as 1% of all searches use this feature and bypass all advertising.
ePP4 TIL a sixth grader reported a code red situation because he didn’t want to run two miles causing three schools to lockdown and the SWAT to arrive instantly. He was later expelled.
1a5yX TIL of Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the Titanic, who forced men to leave the lifeboats at gunpoint so only women and children could board. He was then pinned underwater for some time, until a blast of hot air from the ventilator blew him to the surface.
gMWg4 TIL Ringo Starr featured in a Japanese apple juice commercial because his name sounded like 'Ringo Sutta' , meaning grated apple in Japanese.
v1Vx4 TIL that in 1956, pilot Thomas Fitzpatrick lost a bet at a bar in Manhattan, he successfully stole a plane from the airport and landed it on the street in front of the bar. He did it again 2 years later when someone refused to believe he had done it.