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TIL Japan Wants To Turn The Moon Into A Giant Power Plant

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ey0b TIL an Air Canada flight in 1983 ran out of fuel mid-flight, but the crew managed to glide the 767 to nearby airport. The plane turned out to have only been filled with half the amount of fuel it needed due to a miscalculation because Canada was in the process of converting to the metric system.
jNdN TIL that Roe, of Roe v Wade fame, lied about rape to try to obtain an abortion, because Texas had rape/incest exception to their pro-life laws.
a1g9 TIL the true purpose of Microsoft Solitaire and Minesweeper was to teach mouse-fluency by stealth
0dyBv TIL that Zack Snyder pitched to Warner Bros a 300 spin-off about Alexander the Great’s homosexual relationship with his general Hephastion, and they found it a little too wild
woDwJ TIL that Texas is the only state to have licensed dealers legally allowed to sell the Schedule 1 substance, Peyote. However they are only allowed to sell to people with a Certificate of Indian Blood.