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TIL: An Alaska senior was quoted $65,000 for his dental work. He ended up flying and driving 3,700 miles to Mexico in order to get the entire operation done for $3,000.

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dDAA9 TIL the sole surviving passenger of Flight 820 crash in 1973 disobeyed instructions to remain in his seat when a fire started in the rear lavatory. The passenger ran to the forward galley and passed out on the floor. All other passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation and fire
rLL4 TIL Michael Caine once held Sean Connery’s coat while the James Bond star single-handedly beat up four men in a nightclub.
Y79Vr TIL that the world's oldest known wooden wheel is over 5,000 years old. Discovered in 2002 in Slovenia, this ancient artifact dates back to between 3,350 and 3,100 B.C., providing insight into early human innovation.
AY0B TIL that whoever is the President of France is also the co-ruler of the tiny European nation of Andorra. This makes Andorra the only country in the world to have one of its leaders chosen by people from another nation
xVp4b TIL that there is a luchador that wrestles as Máximo (formerly Máximo Sexy), a stereotypically effeminate gay character, though he's straight and married to a woman in real life