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TIL two women tried to smuggle their dead relative’s body onto a flight by putting him in a wheelchair and putting sunglasses on him. It was only when airport staff tried to check him in and he wouldn’t respond that suspicions were raised

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R7Gm1 TIL that the Navy has a program for intentionally sinking old vessels to become artificial reefs for marine life. The first and largest of these vessels was the USS Oriskany, an aircraft carrier built at the end of WWII, which was sent to the ocean floor off the coast of Florida in 2006.
awoyA TIL that the Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin’s official signature on United States’ currency is written in print.
e0aXJ TIL in 1860s Missouri, “Snowflake” was a word used to describe people who were against the abolition of slavery.
0ZL1 TIL that two-thirds of UK teenagers don’t believe in God
P1JDw TIL When racing, F1 cars generate so much negative pressure as the vehicle moves, that manhole covers which are not secured can be lifted from the ground.