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TIL there’s a penguin in Japan that wears a penguin backpack and goes into the market to eat fish

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OoZL4 TIL that in 2007, the hijacking of a Mauritanian flight was thwarted. Over the PA, the pilot instructed the passengers that he was about to make a bumpy landing, and they should attack the hijacker while he was off balance. He said this in French, which the gunman did not speak. The ploy succeeded.
ZpxBa TIL that the founder of Rolex had no children. Today all of Rolex's excess profits go to charity
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b6jxj TIL in 1974 the British Army occupied Heathrow Airport without the knowledge of the Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Army claimed it was anti-terror training but many believed it was part of a secret plot named 'Clockwork Orange'.
e0pEJ TIL As well as being a painter, Edgar Degas Degas developed a passion for photography