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TIL In 1960 a terrorist armed with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires from the bomb saving all 49 passengers.

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1a4pX TIL Japan's first prime minister, Ito Hirobumi- who was a great proponent of learning from/building ties with the West- ironically began his political career as the young samurai who burnt the British Legation in Tokyo in 1863. That same year, Japanese modernizers sent Ito to study in the London.
P1EoO TIL a single strand of Spaghetti is called a “Spaghetto”.
PYypJ TIL in 2011, a 13 year old Norwegian boy encountered a pack of wolves while walking back alonefrom school. He managed to fend them off by removing his headphones and blasting the song "Overcome", by Creed on full volume
X0px8 TIL there is a Danish children's animated series about a middle-aged man with an extremely long prehensile penis.
Ypnwd TIL: Giant sloths with wolverine-like claws used to roam America, and humans hunted them to extinction