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TIL a US Marines airplane cut through a cable car wire at an Italian ski resort, which caused the cable car to plunge 80 meters (260 feet) to the ground, killing all 20 people onboard. One of the crewmen later destroyed incriminating evidence against himself and the rest of the crew.

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LnKp TIL about a protest in a village in Turkey. The women were fed up with walking to get water, so they withheld sex from their husbands until they fixed the water line. They got what they wanted in one month.
X0rvD TIL that Jesus loves us all SOOO MUCH and that He died on the cross for our sins because God is perfect and we are not. WE cannot atone for our sins on our own, so that's why Jesus who is PERFECT chose to die for us. Not only out of obedience, but LOVE <3 MY Life is forever changed!
8YMK TIL in 1975, a 15-year-old girl was beaten to death, with the primary suspects in the murder being Kennedy-Cousins Thomas and Michael Skakel. Although Michael Skakel was overheard in 1978 stating, “I’m going to get away with murder. I’m a Kennedy”, it was not until 2002 that he was convicted.
wLWm1 TIL The 'MAS*H' theme song "Suicide Is Painless" was written by a 14-year-old and meant to be "stupid."
gM5e8 TIL George Lucas' choice of John Williams as the composer for Star Wars was due to a recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who worked with Williams on the film 'Jaws'