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nvDW TIL - In 1962 the US government planned terrorist attacks on US cities to start a war with Cuba.
GYdZG TIL in 2018, United Airlines switched to lighter paper for their inflight magazines, it saved 1oz per copy which after 1 year saved 170,000 gallons (643,000 L) of fuel worth $290,000.
NXBR6 TIL that the winners of the 1992 European Football Championship, Denmark, weren't meant to compete in the tournament. Yugoslavia qualified ahead of Denmark, but was disqualified as a result of the civil war happening at the time
xVDNk TIL in 16th century France, a lawyer successfully defended a group of rats in a court of law, which accused them of eating the barley-crop of local farmers. The court put up posters in nearby towns summoning the rats to court and asked the townspeople to move their cats indoors for their safety .
gDJA TIL the Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. The institution is teaching since 1096.