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TIL Bill Gates' high school let him run the scheduling software, so he put all the girls in his classes

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rNOpw TIL the highest mountain in the Maldives rises to only 17 ft (5 m) above sea level. A local hotel once provided certificates for its guests who made the ascent.
grjm7 TIL that David Johansen and the New York Dolls once rocked a show so hard that they collapsed the Mercer Arts Center building, a 10 story abandoned building in Greenwich Village.
9O87 TIL that in 1977, a man attempted to commit suicide by jumping in front of the NYC subway. He survived but was injured, and then received $650,000 in a settlement because the subway operator had “not stopped fast enough”.
m4px TIL that the Nazi party tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday celebrating the coming of Hitler, with Saint Nicholas replaced by Odin the “Solstice Man” and swastikas on top of Christmas trees.
Me9JV TIL about "the miracle" Olympic Airways Flight 411, when the aircraft lost an engine and critical engine power, but the pilot was able to successfully land it. All following Boeing simulations show that the plane should have crashed; it's still listed as Lost.