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TIL that in 2003, two men stole and flew a Boeing 727 from Angola’s Luanda Airport, and neither the aircraft nor the men have ever been found.

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AN9aB TIL Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, or giant padma, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth, over 3 feet in diameter. It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh.
DQDyj TIL that in 1990 Rupert Murdoch tried to buy the Palace of the Parliament in Romania, the biggest administrative building in the world for 1 billion dollars, his bid was rejected
neoY TIL the math used in the body switching episode of Futurama is a real theorem created by the Futurama writer Ken Keeler, who has a PHD in applied mathematics.
7rLYX TIL that in 1787, Swiss scientific pioneer Horace Bénédict de Saussure literally cut off the top of the Alps' highest mountain, Mont Blanc, at 15,344 ft. It is now available on display at Teyler's museum in the Netherlands.
4XAGg TIL that elevators in the United States are required to be large enough to fit an ambulance stretcher.