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TIL Aliens are real

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x6a4D TIL that India has a village named Jatinga where birds mysteriously commit suicide every year during September and October, leaving scientists and researchers baffled.
GAyBG TIL the Vinland Map, once believed to be a pre-Columbian map proving Vikings knew of North America before Columbus, was confirmed as a 20th-century forgery through advanced ink analysis and dating techniques.
8eMbP TIL that United Airlines once had a computer system glitch and accidentally revived flight numbers 175 and 93 before correcting the error
oBn7Y TIL the Bohemian Rhapsody lyric “Mamma Mia let me go” came true as it was replaced as #1 UK single by ABBA’s “Mamma Mia” after 9 weeks.
M7460 TIL in the late 60’s when checking into hotels, Paul and Linda McCartney would use the aliases Mr and Mrs. Ramone to avoid Beatlemania and the press. When Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) read about this, he called his band “The Ramones”, and it became one of the most legendary punk bands of all time