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TIL in 2015, a flight from the UK to Dubai had to turn around and land after 30 minutes because of a 'poisonous' smell in the plane. The smell was later confirmed to be the "liquid faecal excrement" of a passenger in the toilet, which was so bad it caused a safety hazard.

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wjY7 TIL in the UK version of “Lilo and Stitch”, the scene of Lilo hiding in a clothes dryer was redrawn so that way Lilo’s hiding in a cupboard with a pizza box for a door to prevent little kids from imitating the act of hiding in a dryer.
16A7d TIL: In the past, covering a yawn with one's hand was believed to protect against the devil or the loss of one's soul. The superstition likely originated from the idea that showing a yawn made one susceptible to spirits entering the wide-open mouth.
MeKM7 TIL Xerox and Cannon created the Machine Identification Code. A digital watermark which certain color laser printers and copiers leave on every single printed page, allowing identification of the device with which a document was printed and giving clues to the originator
LkLod TIL Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald was adamantly opposed to state regulation of firearms even though many in his own party worried about the proliferation of cheap, easily concealable handguns. He believed the right to carry weapons was an important component of British liberty
Vn0D TIL Tulsa County, Oklahoma is the Meth Capital of the World with 979 contaminated meth labs discovered. In a distant 2nd place is Jefferson County, Missouri with 472 discovered labs.