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TIL olympic sailor Francisco Gonzalez killed 44 people on a plane by shooting both the pilots

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V8k TIL there is a riddle hidden in Pink Floyd’s album The Division Bell, and it has remained unsolved for 18 years.
eLQJ TIL the Royal Canadian Mint created a coin with the face value of $1 Million. The coin itself is made of 99.99% gold and weighs over 220 lbs.
VMrN0 TIL - The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed 135,000 people
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