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TIL That In 1989 A Soviet Pilot Abandoned His Plane Due To A System Failure Only To Have It Fly 900KM Unassisted And Kill Some Poor Random 18 Year Old Sap Sitting In His House In Kortrijk.

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6gDW TIL Michael Bay’s response to his critics opinions of him. “I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.”
j6yxX TIL I learned about Rolinga, an 80s/90s urban tribe from Argentina based on the Rolling Stones aesthetics and music
J1PDV TIL women get smegma too
9Gnp TIL that soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor receive a number of additional benefits, including a pension of $1,300 beyond any other retirement pay, space-available air travel on military transport for their entire lives, and admission to military academies for their children.
QNPlE TIL that in 1983, a diving chamber containing four men was accidentally depressurized. This caused the blood of three divers inside to boil instantly, while the fourth diver was forced through a 60 cm (24 in) opening, causing his body to fragment and all of his internal organs to be expelled.