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TIL that "Boris Karloff" was just a stage name of the actor William Henry Pratt.

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ey0b TIL an Air Canada flight in 1983 ran out of fuel mid-flight, but the crew managed to glide the 767 to nearby airport. The plane turned out to have only been filled with half the amount of fuel it needed due to a miscalculation because Canada was in the process of converting to the metric system.
6EokQ TIL Black Sabbath has had 'at least 21' members since forming in 1968. Ozzy Osbourne lasted 11 years. Guitarist Tony Iommi has been the only consistent member for 52 years
JLG1 TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless
R5BlQ TIL Lockheed Martin once planned a 6000 tonne nuclear powered aircraft transport which would carry and deploy fighter jets.
XEKy6 TIL Canonical (the people behind Ubuntu) are partners with Microsoft