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TIL that in 2015 someone did a shit so bad on a British Airway flight from Heathrow to Dubai that it had to turn around and land after just 30 minutes.

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GAdJN TIL, a missionary noticed a pot (actually a ship's bell) used in a Maori Village to boil potatoes, had an unfamiliar script on it. The language was later identified to be Tamil, spoken in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. Recent dating suggests the bell was cast in the 17th or 18th century.
bkK7 TIL in 1974, The Godfather premiered on NBC over two nights (November 16th and November 18th) from 9pm-11pm. On both nights, at 11pm, New York City’s Municipal Water Authorities had some overflow problems from all the toilets flushing around the same time.
dLW7 TIL After phasing out coal power plants, Toronto has been smog free for the first time in over a decade
KOvy6 TIL that the worlds tallest people and worlds shortest tribe happen to be in countries that border each other.
kG0E TIL of Ted Rodrigue, a homeless man who was given $100,000 as part of a documentary and social experiment. Within six months, he had less than $5,000.