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TIL Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge has cheated death twice after changing both MH17 and MH370 flights.

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0Pgj TIL early in American football, one coach had football-shaped leather patches sewn onto his team’s jerseys creating the illusion of a field full of ball carriers. When this trick was tried against Harvard, they countered by painting all the balls crimson, making them invisible against their jerseys
7Ayr TIL Robin Williams voiced The Genie in “Aladdin” for $75,000. He agreed to the job provided that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork. Disney went back on both promises to ensure box office success.
KOE86 TIL of Operation Moolah, a 1953 USAF effort to obtain a combat capable Soviet MiG-15 jet by rewarding any defecting Communist pilot 100k cash. The person who won it didn't even know it was being offered.
kOb6d TIL Jay's Grave is supposedly the last resting place of a suicide victim who is thought to have died in the late 18th century. Unable to have a traditional Christan burial, she was buried at the side of a minor road. It has since become a well-known landmark on Dartmoor.
d8yJr TIL Due to their size, the Nintendo Switch Game Cards are coated with denatonium benzoate, a non-toxic, bitter-tasting agent, as a safety precaution against accidental consumption by young children.