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TIL of Operation Credible Sport where a C130 propeller aircraft was equipped with rocket boosters to evacuate hostages in a soccer stadium without a runway.

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BZ5D TIL Demetri Martin would play guitar and have music playing in the background of his comedy specials so Comedy Central couldn’t edit his set.
Wr8 TIL that the Hipster Barista from the eponymous meme IS actually a barista. He isn’t happy about it either: “I do find it discouraging and disappointing that there was so much exposure brought to an attempt at making a joke of a culinary industry and the professional barista”
Xb16 TIL that language can prompt speakers to pay attention to certain features of the world. Russian speakers are faster to distinguish shades of blue than English speakers, for example. And Japanese speakers tend to group objects by material rather than shape…
Jobk TIL the inventor of the ATM originally envisioned 6-digit PIN codes, but his wife couldn’t remember more than 4 numbers, so that became the minimum and currently most popular length.
ODeg TIL Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.