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TIL that Iron Maiden has their own Jumbo Jet, which is flown by their lead singer Bruce Dickinson

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VD9B TIL there is an English sentence that, when spelled backwards, has the same meaning in Latin.
ADQP7 TIL Margaret Dickson was hanged in 1724. She was later found still alive. Under Scots Law, since her punishment had been carried out, she could not be executed for a second time for the same crime. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging.
596P TIL News Giant CNN Censored Coverage of an Arab Spring Uprising in Bahrain.
78lNp TIL of Richard Stern, a German-Jewish WW1 veteran and subject of a famous photo, where he stands in the door of his shop wearing his old Iron Cross during the Nazi crackdown on Jewish businesses. Fleeing to the U.S., he joined the Army at age 43 to fight the Nazis. He was awarded a Silver Star
QJ6K9 TIL, in 1950s, North Korea established a village called Kijong-Dong, also known as the Peace Village, which was designed only for propaganda. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and to this day it has no residents. Western media refer to it as 'Propaganda Village'.