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TIL: The famous piano coda on Layla by Derek & The Dominos was plagiarized

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OoJZ1 TIL of Neerja Bhanot - a stewardess on hijacked Pan Am flight 73. She hid the passports of American passengers to protect them. Hijackers shot passengers killing 22 and wounding 150. Bhanot was posthumously awarded medals of bravery by India, Pakistan, and the US.
J1K6B TIL that Siemens manufactured 69 trains powered by Cummins engines.
nev8o TIL "Lost in the Mall" is a memory implantation technique used to create memories of events that never took place
eK44 TIL Robert Erskine Childers, an Irish Nationalist who smuggled guns into Ireland during their civil war and was sentenced to death, shook hands with the firing squad members and told them when they were about to shoot “Take a step or two forward, lads. It will be easier that way.”
nPrY TIL Teddy Roosevelt had 31 pets at the White House. His pets included a one-legged rooster, a hyena, and a small bear.