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TIL: AN Irish Army once invaded Canada

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6ExO7 TIL in 1995, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 was intercepted and captured by the Taliban. After negotiations for a prisoner exchange fell through, the Russian crew physically overpowered and disarmed their guards and started their plane, narrowly dodging a firetruck as they took off towards freedom.
JYOGk TIL an emordnilap (palindrome spelt backwards) is a word that can be read differently in reverse. ex. reward/drawer
rR06M TIL that in 1971, the shah of Iran threw a party costing about present day 516million $
p8BGZ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
YlL7 TIL Ethan Coen was first denied the use of an In & Out Burger reference in The Big Lebowski, but after playing the scene for the burger exec, he loved it and agree to let them mention the brand.