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TIL that since the 11th century there have only been two cases of British royal marriages where the couple have been unrelated.

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nwGW TIL that The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island to make a country with no copyright laws
gMYeW TIL: During the Vietnam War one damaged American F-4 Phantom fighter pushed another damaged F-4 away from certain capture by resting the second airplane’s tail hook onto his own cockpit glass and pushing him to a safer location before both crews bailed out and were rescued the next day.
GXN1 TIL on August 14th, 2005 the crew of Helios Airways Flight 522 fell unconscious after cabin pressurization failed. The plane flew to its destination on autopilot and assumed a holding pattern there until a flight attendant with a commercial pilot’s license woke up and climbed into the cockpit.
rZ84 TIL that there is a medical tool that measures the volume of testicles.
g7wD TIL in an international study that looked at age and happiness, people were their unhappiest at 46 years old.