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TIL men and women used to compete against each other in skeet shooting at the Olympics, until a woman won in 1992. Since then, the event has been split by gender.

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wpy6 TIL in 1996 a model airplane fan was flying a plane at a Dublin park when the controller died and the plane flew off on its own. It flew five miles, ran out of fuel, and glided to a landing… on a runway at Dublin Airport
6EoRZ TIL Elizabeth Taylor‘s voluminous eyelashes were caused by a rare genetic mutation which was responsible for her having 2 rows of eyelashes.
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