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TIL that sparkling ring or disk is sometimes produced by rotary-wing aircraft when operating in sandy conditions, particularly near the ground at night

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6ROl TIL: 37 states in the US don’t require sex education to be medically accurate. Some states will let you teach the Stork before teaching about condoms.
lM07 TIL Bryan Singer convinced all the main actors in The Usual Suspects that they were Keyser Soze. They didn’t realize they weren’t until they saw the film (end of interview).
bGwp TIL an explorer attempting the first-ever solo crossing of Antarctica died last January after 900 miles, just 30 miles short of his goal
wo4mP TIL that in Japan during the Edo period, the gonin-gumi system held groups of five households collectively responsible for each other's crimes, so people were punished for things their neighbors did.
EyEV TIL, a Thai janitor stole Saudi Royal jewels, when the jewels were then returned it was discovered that half of them were fake, a Saudi business man with close ties to the royal family then traveled to Thailand to investigate and was abducted and killed, along with 3 Saudi officials 3 months later.