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

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VBgg4 TIL while men were burned at the stake it was often reserved for women as a way of modestly putting them to death without exposing their bodies
lo9J5 TIL The Royal Canadian Air Force is the sixth largest in the Americas. After the US Air Force, US Navy, US Army, US Marine Corps, and the Brazilian Air Force.
mxyBx TIL Apollo astronauts would breathe pure oxygen for several hours before flights in order to avoid getting the bends when the cabin pressure was lowered after liftoff.
j6K4N TIL that the Neoplan Jumbocruiser was an articulated double-decker city coach that was produced between 1975-1992 and is in the Guinness World Records for being the world's largest bus (59 ft long, 13 ft high, and 8 ft 2 in wide) with a capacity for 170 passengers.
XEEJ6 TIL John Williams has 50 Oscar nominations and 5 wins, which averages him one nomination for every three films he has composed. He also has more Oscar nominations than any other living person.