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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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16oKD TIL that, until 2003, the French military provided 'mobile brothels' to troops on the frontline of world wars, among other conflicts
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QNnZE TIL of An open air school in 1957, Netherlands. ⁣In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.