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TIL During the horsemeat scandal earlier this year, meat pie from Iceland was tested and was found to contain no meat

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oGar TIL that spanking during childhood has been associated with increased rates of anxiety disorders and substance abuse.
b9nNN TIL that just as America entered WWII, serial bomber George Metesky informed NYPD that, as a patriot of his country, he would make no bomb threats for the duration of the war. He stayed true to his word.
wlDo TIL Hugh Laurie realised he had severe clinical depression after seeing two cars collide and explode in front of him, which caused him to be neither excited nor frightened, but bored.
Lygm TIL that a pilot named Tommy Fitz stole a plane from a New Jersey airport in order to land on a Manhattan street. Twice. Both landings were pulled off in incredibly narrow areas, in the dark, and after a night of drinking.