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TIL that the song My Sharona by the Knack was about a real person; she sells high end real estate today.

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NXxVM TIL Japan Air Lines Flight 123, being flown by a Boeing 747, crashed on August 12, 1986 due to complications from improper repairs made to the plane by Boeing after a tailstrike in 1978. The crash of Flight 123 is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.
ep6gn TIL that Dr. David Benaron, who co-pioneered the use of bioluminescence genes for biomedical imaging and invented the green light heartrate sensors found in smartwatches and fitness trackers, is also a furry who owns 46 fursuits and often wears them at work.
jNn6p TIL in 1993, the Mickey Mouse Club featured a young Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling.
R7VK7 TIL "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, a song released in 2003, has been on the UK Hot 100 charts for 216 week (4+ years)
pMYQ TIL In order for NASA to have constant communication with the Skylab space station in the 70’s, 8 specially outfitted planes with satellites flew around around the Earth. Each plane would take turns transmitting data until it was out of reach.