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TIL "Wakanda" is the supreme being from American Indian mythology

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kbBB TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex is the only animal thus far to have gone extinct twice.
VMPX8 TIL that in 1858, over 200 people in England were poisoned with arsenic, after buying and eating accidentally-poisoned sweets. 21 of them died. The event contributed to the passage of the 1868 Pharmacy Act in the United Kingdom and legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs.
Va44 TIL that during WWII, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.
WoQX TIL that Margaret Thatcher’s son, Mark, an arms dealer, made fortune from the deal signed by his mother.
MeynW TIL about Air Canada Flight 759, which erroneously almost landed on a packed taxiway at San Francisco International Airport. It missed one of the planes by 14 feet (4.3m). If it had crashed, it would have been the worst air disaster ever.