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TIL in 1984 NASA crashed a fully fueled Boeing passenger jet, with crash dummies as passengers and pilots into the Mojave desert. The crash was filmed from multiple angles at high speed in 16MM film. The knowledge gained from this test lead to major changes in airline flight safety standards.

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JYaBk TIL Half of Earth's oxygen comes from the ocean and not from trees, mainly from phytoplankton.
oBJEE TIL in 1983 US Interior Department secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from playing at the National Mall, saying the concerts encouraged drug use and attracted the wrong element. He was forced to apologize after finding Ronald Reagan was a fan.
x6N1o TIL that the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, went to the same school as Winston Churchill
818X TIL in Zagreb, Croatia there is replication of all 9 planets (at the time) sizes and distances in the same scale as Sun. In 2004. there was a scavenger hunt to find them beacuse the locations were unknown
Qxyp TIL Tide detergent is the most shoplifted product in America. The Tide black market is so pervasive that it can be exchanged directly for drugs, and has earned the nickname “Liquid Gold”