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TIL Nelson Mandela was only removed from the US terror watchlist in 2008

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M7oO8 Today I learned that in 1994, a plane was flying from Moscow to Hong Kong when the pilot's children got into the cockpit and accidentally turned off the autopilot. This resulted in a plane crash that killed all 75 people on the plane.
4XRxN TIL Finland is the strictest country in the world in terms of driving lessons. There are lessons required regarding car maintenance and driving in icy conditions, with learners requiring a test in the summer and another one in the winter.
rRbZ4 TIL that for two thousand years the pyramids were the worlds tallest structures. Until Lincoln Cathederal
ADYvg TIL that in 1937 an explosion in a Texas school killed roughly 300 people. One of the letters of condolences that was sent via telegram to the school officials was from Adolf Hitler.
E1xdX TIL Several of the scenes on Teletubbies had to be re-filmed due to the rabbits mating on screen