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Wmo4 TIL In 2015 a Chinese woman who was missing for a decade & presumed dead was found living in an internet cafe after playing games for 10 years.
1aXMr TIL of Betty Ong, a flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11. Ong notified the American Airlines ground crew of the hijacking, staying on the telephone for 25 minutes and relaying vital information that eventually led to the closing of airspace by the FAA for the first time in history.
oRxV7 TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly.
R7Goa TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.
R58Jj TIL Todd Field, award-winning and Oscar-nominated director of Tar, helped create the first batch of Big League Chew bubble gum as a child.