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TIL in 1996, LAC Colombia Flight 028 crashed into a playing field after two engines were shut off shortly after takeoff. The pilot had shut off the engines in order to prank the co-pilot, and they could not be reactivated in time with the low altitude.

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9Yoop TIL psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical in magic mushrooms (psilocybin mushrooms), is being researched as a potential treatment for anxiety and depression in people with cancer diagnoses, for alcohol use disorder, and for migraines and cluster headaches.
PedO TIL on June 20, 1942 four prisoners, in stolen SS uniforms, escaped from the Auschwitz by driving out the exit gate. Upon arriving at the armed gate, one of the prisoners yelled from the stolen car “Wake up you damn buggers! Open up or I’ll open you up” The guard immediately raise the barrier
awBXo TIL Walgreen’s massive expansion from 20 to 500 locations in the 1920’s was due to its sale of “medicinal whiskey” during prohibition.
RRw9 TIL Will Smith could have gone to M.I.T., but had no urge since he already attained a record deal.
m1YJO TIL that the world record for most number one hit songs across all charts and genres is held by Texas country-western singer George Strait. Strait has held the record with 60 #1 hits since 2013.