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kOZAm TIL that a Israeli Air Force F-15 landed with one wing in 1983 after the plane had a mid-air collision during a training exercise.
RYX1 TIL Paul Newman, founder of the “Newman’s Own” brand of food products, established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of 2015, the franchise has donated in excess of $460 million.
VM9MD TIL that Greenlands five municipalities are named ''Much Ice'', ''South'', ''Centre'', ''The one with islands'', and ''Northern'', if you directly translate it from Greenlandic to English.
Oxae TIL Big Bird was supposed to be launched into space to encourage kid’s interest in space/NASA. Instead they went with a teacher named Christa McAuliffe, who unfortunately died when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded during take off.
wL4KW TIL in 1887 contact lenses made of blown glass were invented, and were so heavy they could only be worn for a few hours.