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TIL that in 2003, a Boeing 727 in Angola was stolen and no trace of the plane or the two people in it were ever found despite investigations by the FBI and CIA.

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9Ya6p TIL PEZ Candy was invented in Vienna, Austria by Eduard Haas III as an alternative to smoking.
V7Z8 TIL the inventor of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would nearly drown himself to death in order to come up with ideas, believing the lack of oxygen would help him think creatively.
GE14 TIL of the island nation of Diego Garcia whose people were expelled by the British in 1971 and forced to live in Mauritian slums, just so that the US could build a military base on the island
wLNJ8 TIL that alcohol activates the same receptors that respond to heat, and does so better than actual heat. Thats why getting alcohol in a cut hurts so damn bad.
EjQw TIL that a jockey featured in a Camel cigarettes ad sued the publishing company because the picture of him appeared to show his giant penis above the words “When you feel ‘All In’”_____