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TIL that the first aircraft hijacker in Norway surrendered his weapon for a six-pack

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7rvMP TIL that even though it was described as a "mishmash of colors" the orange paint of the General Lee matches exactly a tone of orange called TNT Express, which belongs to a European shipping company and is used throughout its entire fleet.
GAkOE TIL On the down low: Bimetallism - Bimetallism,[a] also known as the bimetallic standard, is a monetary standard in which the value of the monetary unit is defined as equivalent to certain quantities of two metals, typically gold and silver, creating a fixed rate of exchange between them.[3]
ANaR7 TIL Sheep are like turtles in that they get stuck on their backs and can't get back up.
5YJnB TIL about Witold Pilecki, a polish agent who volunteered for Auschwitz to feed information to the West about the Holocaust, one of the first to report it. He was executed by the Soviet Union for his Western connections
KO6AG TIL that some people in India fail to take anti-rabies medication in time due to puppy-pregnancy syndrome. People suffering from this condition believe that shortly after being bitten by a dog, puppies are conceived within their abdomen.