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TIL that the disappearance of D. B. Cooper remains the only unsolved air piracy case in commerical aviation history.

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6pvW TIL that when the Gregorian calendar was implemented in 1582, Thursday 4 October was followed by Friday 15 October, to adjust to the new calendar.
XEBjP TIL that research shows taking the “Barbie Doll Peptide” gives you a tan, helps you lose weight, and stimulates your sex drive all at the same time with minimal side effects.
X0kXD TIL that reductio ad absurdum is when you attempt to reduce an argument to absurdity (I.e The Earth cannot be flat; otherwise, since the Earth is assumed to be finite in extent, we would find people falling off the edge.)
oBPMR TIL Canada was so nice to their POW’s during World War 2 that almost 20% of them requested to stay after the war
e0BoD TIL: The term "Third World" originated during the cold war, and was used to refer to countries that were neither aligned with NATO (the "first world") or the Communist Bloc (the "second world"). Under the original definition, Sweden, Finland and Austria are "third world countries".