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TIL about Loganair Flight 6780, where after falling at a rate of 9500 per minute and only 7 seconds from crashing into the North Sea, a random computer glitch caused the autopilot to disengage. Allowing the pilots to regain control and save the aircraft.

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QNyOL TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.
6n48 TIL that stem cells inside your teeth can repair muscle, generate bone, and repair damaged cardiac muscle after a heart attack
edbD TIL that the Goiânia accident, “one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters” according to TIME, occurred when thieves stole a radiation capsule from an abandoned hospital because the guard took the day off to see ‘Herbie Goes Bananas’ with his family.
1aZ8W TIL the phrase the “Bees Knees” likely evolved around the 1920s along with the “cats pajamas,” the snake's hips", "the kipper's knickers" and "the sardine's whiskers" unlike the others though Bees actually do have Knees (go
gMmx7 TIL that bananas have no seeds as they are a sterile hybrid between two species (Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana), and the production of seeds is not necessary to get the fruit. As the plant can only reproduce through cloning, all the bananas in a package are usually clones of the same banana