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TIL Tutankhamun had a dagger made from meteorite

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R7LE8 TIL: In 1970 pet parrots escaped or were released in Chicago and are thriving in Hyde Park. Thousands were imported from South America in the 50 and 60's.
Oow16 TIL that the physicist Pierre Curie, husband of the physicist Marie Curie, died in an accident in Paris, France, on April 19, 1906. Sir Curie lost his footing while crossing the street and fell beneath the wheels of a horse-drawn vehicle, suffering a fatal skull fracture. He was 46 years old.
pYAYZ TIL that no smoking signs became mandatory in airplane lavatories after a fire on Varig Flight 820 killed all but one passenger by carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation.
Me9JV TIL about "the miracle" Olympic Airways Flight 411, when the aircraft lost an engine and critical engine power, but the pilot was able to successfully land it. All following Boeing simulations show that the plane should have crashed; it's still listed as Lost.
NweM TIL that Zambia had a space program in the 1960s. It consisted of a grade school science teacher, a teenage girl and her cat, and a missionary.