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TIL 2008 was the UN approved International Year of the Potato

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WkGoX TIL that a Russian airliner pilot let his 15 year old son fly the Airbus A310 setting off a chain of events in which resulted in the crashing of Aeroflot Flight 593 killing 75.
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nWjk7 TIL that people who attempted suicide are seven times more likely to die of heart disease before age 40
x6Kd1 TIL that the new MacBook trackpads don't physically make a click sound or move down. Rather, it's computer-generated.
dDa5Z TIL paper money was first used in China, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279)