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TIL that John Oliver has impacted legislation through his show “Last week tonight” so often that it is known as the John Oliver effect

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rNVXo TIL of the 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash, where a 15 year old boy crashed a light aircraft into the Bank of America building. Notes left behind by Charles J Bishop praised Osama bin laden and the 9/11 attacks, also voicing support for Al Qaeda. His mother later blamed his medication for the attacks.
p8oxp TIL the opposite of albinism is melanism and it is only present in animals but looks incredible.
mk6M TIL No president of the United States of America was an only child
P1l5L TIL that most close door elevator buttons in the US do not actually do anything.
nevBo TIL: There are over 200 different Chinese languages, many of which are mutually unintelligible when talking across languages/dialects