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TIL a plane crashed into the Everglades killing 101 people because the crew was too distracted from changing a light bulb to notice that no one was actually flying the plane

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E1QRV TIL of Mikhail Krichevsky, the longest-living veteran of the First World War. When he died in 2008 at age 111, he was the last surviving veteran of the Tsar's army
QJnoE TODAY I LEARNED...about the German invasion of Western Europe and North Africa in 1940: I feel that this person's video is very educational and informative on the history topic of WW2 and even history in general!
Myw0 Til the army has been testing autonomous sniper drones since 2007, specializing in urban assault
xPnD TIL in 1967 Israel attacked U.S.S. Liberty as an attempt to create a false flag attack and spur a war against Iran, the only reason a war didn’t happen is because a soviet spy plane flew over head and took pictures of the incident.
W7gJA TIL that the two major political parties/groupings in Victorian Britain used gentlemen's social clubs as their official headquarters, complete with printing presses and mail franking, whilst horse-drawn cabs ferried MPs from the club to Parliament for votes in 8 minutes flat.