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TIL 2008 US Air Force Base B-2 accident, the most expensive aviation failure was caused due to condensation of water in air data sensors.

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x8Ro TIL in New Zealand, you can legally own any firearm you want with a few exceptions and their number of gun deaths have been below 100/year since 1992.
gMweL TIL about Marco Bragadin gruesomely killed, first dragged around with sacks of stone on his back; then tied to a chair and hoisted up a Turkish flagship, then tied to a column and flayed alive, then his skin was stuffed and redressed in his military clothes, then rode on an ox around town
nWG4b TIL that in 2014, the Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe because they wanted to prevent him from breeding. The animal was killed, skinned, and fed to the zoos lions, all in full view of children
P1Olw TIL Mayor Richard J. Daley presented the bluegill fish to then-crown prince of Japan, Akihito, in 1960 as a gift from the city of Chicago. The prince donated the fish to fishery research agencies in Japan but they escaped and became an invasive species. Emperor Akihito apologized in 2007.
e0MRD TIL a Canadian man placed feces in his mouth in order to trick a breathalyzer. It didn't work.