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TIL Tinder, Match.com, OKCupid, and PoF are owned by the same company.

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rR51x TIL In December 1969, a Korean Air Lines plane was hijacked by a North Korean agent soon after taking off from Gangneung.The pilot was forced to fly to and land in North Korea. The crew, aircraft, and seven of the passengers have yet to be returned.
5YyoD TIL nunchucks are illegal in the US because the court ruled that they are "designed primarily as a weapon and has no purpose other than to maim or kill", and are "widely used by muggers and street gangs".
QNQ4E TIL that Canada supplied India its first reactor, the CIRUS, during the 1950s, exclusively for "peaceful purposes", but over the protestations of Canada, became the source of India's first nuclear warhead.
m1Ley TIL that Booth No. 17, located at New York City's Grand Central Terminal, was once the most used pay phone, if not the most used phone in general, in the world
PYNQL TIL the Polish "Spirytus Delikatesowy" is believed to be the strongest liquor for sale in America; it contains almost 100% pure alcohol!