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TIL in 1995, first-class passenger Gerald Finneran became so enraged that he was refused more alcohol on his flight that he intentionally defecated on the drinks cart. He was arrested and ordered to reimburse the airline for cleaning as well as the airfare for every other passenger on board.

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0g0L TIL that 57 Regiment doesn´t exist in Turkish army because almost every single one of them died when they were ordered “to die” in Gallipolli war. Turks believe that such men as those could never, by mere humans, be replaced.
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