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TIL if an aircraft is hijacked and forced to land at an airport, the pilot leaves the flaps of the aircraft down after landing as a covert visual cue to alert the control tower of a hijacking.

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bbBp TIL that in Finland, speeding ticket prices are calculated on the percentage of an individual’s income. This results in millionaires facing exorbitant fees. One such case occurred in 2002 when a Nokia executive was fined $103,000 for going 45mph in a 30mph zone on his motorbike.
m4kv TIL that a freezer malfunction at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmot, Mass. has severely damaged one-third of the world’s largest collection of autism brain samples, potentially setting back research on the disorder by years
b6oD0 TIL the Danelectro eletric guitar company bought a surplus of women's lipstick tubes, put a bar magnet wrapped directly in copper wire in them, and made one of the most basic and cheapest pick-ups to date.
Y7Vx7 TIL there's an annual 3100 mile ultra-marathon race in which runners run around a city block in Queens, NY for 5649 laps. The record finish is a little over 40 days.
JYoMv TIL that brine lakes exist at the bottom of the ocean. It is heavier than water and extremely toxic, since there are many chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide and methane in it.