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TIL: Cher Ami Was a WWI Hero & Also a Pigeon

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b66pE TIL In 2009, two Northwest pilots had their licenses revoked (for at least one year) after they overflew the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by 150 miles and had to turn around. Pilots said that they were using their laptops in the cockpit and lost track of time and place.
rRvK0 TIL about Victor Vescovo, the first person to travel to the deepest points in every ocean on Earth. All of his dives used the Deep Sea Vehicle Limiting Factor, which he funded. Vescovo has also skied to both poles and climbed the highest mountains on every continent.
V1PG TIL a facebook contest was fixed by 4chan that sent Pitbull to perform at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska. Knowing it was setup, he went anyways.
WnkY TIL many German POWs captured by the Allies in WW2 were so horrified by footage of the Holocaust that they burned their uniforms and called on Germany to surrender, and even volunteered to join the fight against the Axis.
GYyZj TIL two countries, Iceland and Norway, generate all their electricity using renewable energy