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TIL flight hijacking from the USA to Cuba during the 60s/70s was so common, pilots were equipt with detour flight plans and building a fake "Havana airport" in south Florida was seriously considered

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7rkXp TIL about Continuum, a pseudoscientific magazine that denied the existence of HIV/AIDS. It ran from 1992 until 2001 and ceased publication because the editors had died of AIDS-defining clinical conditions.
XEPJk TIL that officer Tennpenny from GTA San Andreas is voiced by Samuel L. Jackson
W7LJX TIL, Jupiter's upper atmosphere is much hotter (~425°C/800°F) than originally predicted and much hotter at the poles than the equator. Jupiter's magnetic field creates enormous auroras at the poles that heat up the rest of the planet.
LgEm TIL that in the 1950s a scientist at Tulane University discovered the “pleasure centers” of the brain by zapping it with electricity and gave a woman a 30-minute orgasm.
e0Mdb TIL Freddie Oversteegen, her sister, and friend Hannie Schaft lured German soldiers during WW2 to the woods under the pretense of a romantic overture and then killed them