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TIL of the 155 passengers on the 2009 Hudson River plane crash, only 10 were found to have found or used their life vests correctly

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kJ4Zg TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related.
wooPP TIL The Galileo spacecraft saw a mile-high, 16-mile-long curtain of lava erupt from Jupiter's moon Io
p8OBe TIL that in 1948, the overpopulation of beavers were causing problems in Idaho, so they dropped 76 beavers out of airplanes with parachutes to try to relocate the populations.
xV54w TIL Atlanta artist TI has saved at least two people from suicide attempts. One of them was the lead singer of Creed, Scott Stapp. The other was a 24-year-old Atlanta resident who was going to jump from a 22-story building. After hearing about the situation, TI drove to the scene to help.
dD4Vd TIL that Marmite does not have an expiration date. The only thing that changes is that the vitamins decrease in potency.