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TIL a plane once crashed because a passenger smuggled a crocodile on board

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9wZ06 TIL chopsticks from Vancouver International Airport's food courts are upcycled into housewares and furniture
LQMxZ Today I learned that there are less than 25000 Lions left remaining in the world. They have already gone extinct from many parts of North Africa, Central Asia and once they roamed in Europe too.
b9N4a TIL that Bob Clark directed Black Christmas (1974), one of the most terrifying holiday films of all time; just under a decade later, he directed A Christmas Story (1983), one of the most beloved holiday films of all time.
6rdX TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, a distance of 875 kilometres (544 mi). Almost two days faster than the previous record for any run between Sydney and Melbourne.
X4gE TIL that phrases that use two synonyms to say the same thing (e.g. “will and testament”) are called “legal doublets,” and they exist because during Medieval times, English speakers spoke both French and Latin, but not typically both, and lawyers wanted to avoid ambiguity.