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TIL a bear almost caused a nuclear war

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JvGj TIL that in 2002, a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
wLGOo TIL Photosynthesis is most likely so efficient because plants evolved to use quantum mechanics, like superposition, to aid in efficient energy transfer. The same concepts we are struggling to utilise to make better computers today.
PYB9e TIL during the filming of The Hunt for Red October (1990), while doing research aboard the fast attack sub Salt Lake City, actor Scott Glenn was treated with equal rank of her captain on the orders of the then Commander Thomas Fargo.
b6nlN TIL Ethnically Thai women in Vietnam wear motorcycle helmets specifically adapted for their traditional hairstyle.
awpVA TIL that a Kuwaiti woman wanted to take revenge on her husband for taking a second wife, so she poured petrol on the tent where women and children were celebrating in the wedding, killing 57 and injuring 90 others.