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TIL that a man named George Wright in 1972 hijacked a plane and disappeared. He was then on the run for 41 years until he was captured in Portugal.

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RvJ4 TIL that a memorial tree planted in memory of George Harrison was killed by beetles.
5Yxbp TIL the first successful artificial insemination was performed in 1884 on a Philadelphia housewife without her knowledge. The doctor anesthetized the woman and took sperm from his “best-looking” student and impregnated her. The doctor and the woman’s husband never revealed the truth to her.
9YNap TIL that executed labor leader and song writer Joe Hill had his ashes seized by the US federal government on Oct 8, 1917. The ashes were held for 71 years as they were seen as subversive
e0be4 TIL that in Abraham Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature, he once leapt out of a first-story window in a failed attempt to prevent a quorum from being present. The doors of the Capitol had been locked to prevent legislators from fleeing.
R7VK7 TIL "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, a song released in 2003, has been on the UK Hot 100 charts for 216 week (4+ years)