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TIL Serbian wedding guests accidentally downed a small plane with celebratory gunfire in 2003

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DR0D TIL 60 tons of mammoth tusks is excavated every year and marketed as an ethical source of ivory. It sells for ~$350/kg
d4k7 TIL the Navy SEALs that killed bin laden got stealth series fleshlights as a ‘thank you’ from the company.
baL0 TIL of a goat called Sergeant Bill, who became a Canadian war hero during WWI when he head-butted three soldiers into a trench to avoid an exploding shell.
mWoP TIL that, of the 15 most successful movies of 2014, none was from an original screenplay, one (American Sniper) was from a book, the rest are remakes, sequels, and comic adaptations
vPMXL TIL in 1959 the US Post Office Dept used the submarine USS Barbero to test the concept of rocket mail. A cruise missile with its warhead replaced with two mail containers was launched from the sub and successfully recovered at a naval air station in Florida