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TIL How a banana works

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NRQP TIL the Concorde plane used in the disaster film Concorde ‘79, was the same Concorde that would crash in France and kill 113 people 21 years later.
oRK4R TIL French was the official language of England for about 300 years from 1066 to 1362.
NXka6 TIL Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund resulted in the Prime Minister and a UPenn educated businessman stealing all the funds ($12bn USD)
K5g9 TIL in 1986 165,000 people paid Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker $1000 for a lifetime annual weekend pass at the new Heritage USA Christian resort. The park went bankrupt after IRS troubles, and the donors got back $6.54 each.
9YGlQ TIL 4 Spider-Man suits were stolen from Spider-Man back in 2002. The suits cost $50,000 USD to make and Sony offered $25,000 USD for their return. It lead to a 18 month investigation, and the suits were found in Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo. It was stolen by a security guard who worked on set.