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TIL Researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany 2 years ago. Some have since been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.

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jNeGM TIL there are various types of planned obsolescence, such as: contrived durability, prevention of repairs, perceived obsolescence, systemic obsolescence, and programmed obsolescence.
VBJa4 TIL Not every one has two pinkie toe joints. About 44% of people only have 1 joint on their pinkie toe.
pPDA TIL that two students were arrested in 1972 for a plan to poison Chicago’s water supply with typhoid, anthrax, and various other pathogens. Released on bond, they hijacked a plane and forced it to go to Cuba; one died in prison and the other eventually made it home, getting five years of probation.
4X4YR TIL In almost every country the world over, Jews have faced religious persecution but India is one of the few countries where Jews were never ill-treated.In 1948, after the formation of the state of Israel, 33000 Jews migrated to Israel leaving behind around 5000 Jews in India.
R7NZ9 TIL You don't have to swear on a bible when you enter office, you can swea on anything, you can even swear on Captain America's Shield