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TIL China had the worst rocket disaster in history during a 1996 launch at Xichang and covered up an estimated 500 deaths.

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nkRG TIL Beauty and the Beast (1991) became the first animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and remained the only animated film until 2010 when the field was widened to 10 nominations (Up was the 2nd).
0wy7M TIL Bill Gates hijacked the control panel at an airport gate -- and got the plane to come back.
D1gQe TIL MI5 estimates there are as many Russian agents in London now as there were at the height of the Cold War.
NbGE TIL that for every $1 invested in the Human Genome Project, $141 were generated for the economy