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9wk5m TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months.
8aPG4 TIL that one of the conspirators of Franz Ferdinand's assassination swallowed a cyanide pill and jumped into a nearby river after a failed attempt to kill Ferdinand. The cyanide pill was expired and only made him sick, and the river was only 10cm deep. He was detained seconds later by authorities.
R7pV7 TIL that if you're seated in the rear of a modern jumbo jet, the walk to your seat is longer than the Wright Brothers' 120 ft first flight.
8w7a TIL The Japanese government pays compensations for Japanese A-bomb survivors but ignores to compensate for Korean slave workers who also survived the bomb
yQDoV TIL that a spoonful of sugar stops hiccups.