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TIL that the Mythbusters once managed to fold a “football field” sized piece of paper 11 times, busting the myth that you can’t fold a piece of paper more than 7 times.

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XER0D TIL about the attempted hijacking of FedEx Flight 705 by a disgruntled employee who filled a guitar case filled with hammers and a spear gun. The captain (ex-Navy) performer extreme arial maneuvers while the first officer and engineer fended off the attacker. The plane landed safely and all survived
nbNo TIL that male dolphins have been known to masturbate by wrapping live eels around their penises
4leX TIL that Nintendo was so popular in the 1980s and early 1990s that it almost destroyed the computer-game industry. Even the children of computer-game developers demanded the console despite their parents’ refusals and access to state-of-the-art computers at home.
X5EQ TIL only 32 teams successfully completed the final temple run on the Nickelodeon game show “Legends of the Hidden Temple”
PlkE TIL: William “Bud” Post won $16.2 million in a lottery, and after his brother tried to kill him, his ex-wife sued him, and he was arrested multiple times, he ended up dying with $1 million in debt.