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TIL In 1986 an Aeroflot pilot, bet with his co-pilot that he could land the plane flying blind, he curtained all the cockpit windows and crashed the plane, killing 70 out of the 94 passengers, the pilot survived.

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oB7o7 TIL that the first computer programmer is considered to be Ada Lovelace, a female mathematician who was the daughter of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron.
NKvE TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs.
PrdG TIL of Ming the Clam that, when discovered, it was the oldest living animal ever discovered…until the Scientists observing the clam killed it.
kJG9m TIL In 1884, one of the first roller coasters, Switchback Railway in Coney Island, had a top speed of 6mph and cost five cents to ride.
mjeE TIL that as of 2008, TV show Top Gear had a waiting list of over 300,000 names, or 21 years worth of episodes