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TIL about a flight which was forced to turn back due to a smelly poo

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R5vr4 TIL The Battle of the Somme was humouristically called the "Great Fuck Up" by soldiers of WW1
bPM0 TIL in an interview Dave Grohl was asked “If you could spare one object from your house if it was on fire, what would it be?” Dave replied with “A letter Kurt Cobain gave me in ‘92 that said ‘I love you like a brother.”
dDEvQ TIL -- In 2005, Jack Wiegand used over a million frequent flyer miles for the world’s longest taxi ride. Starting in London, ending in Sydney, and spanning 21,000 miles across 19 countries, his extraordinary journey lasted three months and set a record for the longest taxi journey.
jNeWQ TIL about Sue Finley, who at 80 is the longest-serving female employee at NASA. She has had a role in nearly every US unmanned space probe, and some missions of other nations.
nXO7 TIL during WWI, Romania decided to send its vast collection of treasure to Russia for safekeeping. In 1918, the new Soviet government cut all diplomatic ties and refused to return the treasure. Russia still holds the treasure valued at over $1.5 billion and has no intention of giving it back.