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TIL that in 2018, Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 lost part of its cockpit windshield at 32,000 ft, partially sucking the co-pilot out of the plane, yet the crew managed a safe emergency landing.

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VgKD TIL the body and personality of Ariel from The Little Mermaid was based on that of Alyssa Milano
yDoM TIL human fingers can discriminate between surfaces patterned with ridges as small as 13 nanometers in amplitude & non-patterned surfaces. This means that if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars
AN9aB TIL Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, or giant padma, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth, over 3 feet in diameter. It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh.
nenB7 TIL there is an ant megacolony that spans Japan, Europe, and the United States
VLVQ TIL 1948 winter Olympic Game’s athletes lacked the resources to compete post WWII, to the point where the Norwegian team had to borrow skis from the American team