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TIL the Germans had a master plan for the Mediterranean Sea which included closing the Gibraltar Straight to increase land for settlement

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ANLV7 TIL That the September 1984 issue of Penthouse featuring Vanessa Williams is illegal to own since that month's centerfold was a then unknown Traci Lords.
a8WWy TIL that the Theory of Evolution was codiscovered by Alfred Russel Wallace, a contemporary of Darwin. They exchanged essays and ideas prior to Darwin publishing "On the Origin of Species".
LkpVm TIL despite smoking being illegal on commercial planes, they are required by the FAA to have ashtrays in the lavatories so that in case someone breaks the law and smokes there is a place to safely extinguish the cigarette.
ZpPXR TIL piranhas are typically peaceful scavengers. Their reputation is based on a story from Teddy roosevelt. The local amazonians wanted to impress him and starved the fish for a week before feeding them a cow.
R7RY9 TIL whilst filming the movie Entebbe, about a plane being hijacked, a plane was hijacked and landed at the airport on the day of the filming. They then filmed the real hostages being released and edited it into the movie. The producer called it a "blessing from the sky on a day of bad acting."