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TIL that the can opener was invented 40 years after the can.

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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.
kOBN5 TIL Jay-Z released "Glory" on January 9, 2012, a song dedicated to his first child, Blue Ivy Carter. Because Blue's cries were included at the end of the song and she was officially credited on the song as "B.I.C", at two days old she became the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.
OPQR TIL that a young Richard Branson had his flight to the Virgin Islands cancelled, so he chartered a private airplane. Not having enough money to do so, he picked up a small blackboard, wrote “Virgin Airlines $29” on it, sold tickets for the rest of the seats, and used that money to pay for the ride.
Mel5A TIL that there have been actual scientific studies comparing apples and oranges in order to prove that you can in fact compare apples and oranges. One such study conducted by a NASA researcher named Scott Sandford used infrared spectroscopy to analyze and compare the fruits.
MepYm TIL the tsunami of Christmas 2004 created a massive cliff 750 miles long and 50 feet high.