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TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.

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94W7 TIL in 1996 a plane carrying 163 passengers was hijacked, the pilot, Leul Abate, who had been in two previous hijackings, made the only true water landing of a widebody airliner with survivors, whilst the first officer, Yonas Mekuria, was fighting with the hijackers. Also, the landing is on tape.
5eNP TIL Alfonso Ribeira, Carlton from the Fresh Prince, suggested that Will Smith use his real name in the show to avoid being known by his character’s name. Years later, Will Smith is known as Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeira is known as Carlton.
kJJbm TIL They make eye glasses for chickens
P0en TIL that 72% of black children are raised in single-parent households
9nlQ TIL One of the Congressmen who set up the House Committee on Un-American Activities was selling falsified passports to the Soviets and offered to spy for them.