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TIL of Reeve Aleutian Flight 8 from 1983, where the crew successfully landed the plane despite physically losing a propeller, having the controls effectively jammed, and with the other 3 engines stuck at full power. The plane, a 1959 Lockheed Electra, still flies today with a firefighting service.

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b99va TIL Osama Bin Laden visited Indiana and Los Angeles in the late 1970s
WrML TIL that a middle school-er won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water.
xxXD TIL that “electrocution” is a portmanteau of electric execution, created due to the invention of the electric chair ca. 1889.
YNpd TIL that there are still racially segregated proms in the U.S.
m1YQo TIL That These Beautiful Blue lobsters are extremely rare. It occurs when the lobster has a genetic mutation ( Roughly 1 in Every 2 Million ).Unlike the others, Nearly all avoid being eaten.(either rehomed or released).