Post * 9gw7 — Curious Curator

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TIL after explosion of faulty engine LOT Polish Airlines pilots fought for control of burning aircraft for 30 minutes. They almost made it back to the airport. About 2 minutes from the runway the aircraft crashed into a forest. Last recorded crew message was “Good night! Goodbye! Bye, we’re dying!”

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jmvp TIL Japanese police will get huge futons and roll up a person who is being violent or drunk into a little burrito and carry them back to the station to calm them down

K5XJ TIL In 1969 after being told the SF Black Panthers were “engaged primarily in feeding breakfast to children” Hoover’s reply implied the agent’s career would be helped by supplying evidence they were “a violence-prone organization seeking to overthrow the Government by revolutionary means”.

Br5jW TIL cannabis is invasive in North America, referred to as 'feral cannabis,' 'wild marijuana,' and 'ditch weed' when it grows in the wild. Seeds can lie dormant for 7-10 years and the wild plant can damage farm equipment. Feral cannabis is cultivated in North Korea.

kDDm TIL when Stalin’s first son was captured, Hitler offered to trade him for Friedrich Paulus, a field marshal who led the 6th army into Stalingrad. When Stalin heard of this, he allegedly said, “I will not trade a Marshal for a Lieutenant.”

V5DQ TIL A KKK Grand Dragon, confined to a wheelchair, had been threatening a local rabbi. The rabbi responded by offering the man compassion, friendship, and transportation around town. They became friends and the Grand Dragon eventually quit the KKK and converted to Judaism.