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TIL an Airbus A330 lost both of its engines due to a ruptured fuel line. The pilot, an experienced glider pilot, successfully glided the plane for 20 minutes, saving all 306 people on board.

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E1o6V TIL of Joan Murray who survived an 80 mph skydiving fall, thanks to landing on a mound of fire ants, who's bites are believed to have given her a rush of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.
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xVrZ7 TIL of the Maniots, who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. They live on a small mountainous peninsula and despite being almost always outnumbered, they never succumbed to the Ottoman invasions. They would later go on to play a pivotal role in liberating Greece from the Ottoman rule.
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