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TIL US Navy accidentally shot down a passenger plane from Tehran to Dubai in 1988.

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J1PA1 TIL the pan flute originated from Ancient Greece, and according to the mythology, the god, ‘Pæn’ or known in modern day as ‘Pan’ wove it out of river weeds, as his love interest transformed/ was transformed into one. The flute is also known as a ‘syrinx’, which was his interests’ name.
8678 TIL that Tommy Chong encouraged Jordan Belfort to write The Wolf of Wall Street while they were prison cellmates.
5YyMp TIL NASA is under presidential orders to land humans on Mars by 2033, and NASA-funded engineers are studying a way to build potential human habitats there by producing bricks from pressurized Martian soil.
Pgje TIL an Iraqi Man moved to Australia and used the Welfare System as Income. Some years later he became successful and wrote a check for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (Every cent they gave him).
oBgMR TIL procrastination is an emotional problem and the human mind is designed to survive not thrive. It's only when our fear of inaction surpasses our fear of action that our mind stops negative thoughts and gets the task done. Procrastination has nothing to do with the task itself or time management.