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neZaY TIL of a US Navy pilot in 1998 who flew too low against regulations, cutting a gondola's cable and killing 20 people. He and his crew were put on trial and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide
YpG7P TIL Victor Fleming directed Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz in the same year, the 4th and 6th best American films according to the American Film Institute's 1998 list.
PVaZ TIL Boos, ghosts from the Mario video game series, are based on co-designer Takashi Tezuka’s wife who is usually quiet but exploded one day, maddened by all the time he spent at work. Similarly, a Boo “shrinks when Mario looks at it, but when Mario turns away, it grow[s] large and menacing.”
X0GNE TIL that Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi swapped a 17th century coin from the British Museum for a fake as part of an art project, in June of 2024 - the real coin was subsequently dropped in the museum's donation box
XEZQX TIL of the superhallucinogen BZ, a chemical weapon that overwhelms the victim for 5 days. After 12 hours of a mild coma and primitive crawling and spasms, for another 48 to 60 hours they experience extreme hallucinations, psychosis, and cognitive impairment, with after effects that last for weeks.