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TIL Scotland has a higher percentage of cocaine users than any other country

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O8aX TIL that during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983], produced and co-directed by Stephen Spielberg, a helicopter-crash stunt gone wrong resulted in the decapitation-death of star Vic Murrow and two young child actors, all of which was caught on tape by three cameras.
b6W6j TIL: That the first aircraft carrier landing was done with no arresting wires to stop the plane, men on deck grabbed ropes tied to the plane
e0Ddk TIL Everyone on Helios Airways Flight 522 (2005) passed out due to hypoxia. A flight attendant woke up and tried to control plane but failed. The autopilot kept the plane fly nearly 3hrs until the fuel ran out and crash, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board. This known as “Ghost Flight”
N7vYN TIL that deer antlers are literally weaponized cancerous growths
wodnE TIL that the 8 hour working day was first instituted by king Philip II of Spain in 1594 (although many countries in the world still have to adopt it)