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TIL An Indian flight attendant saved American lives on a hijacked Pan Am flight by hiding their passports under seat cushions. She died while protecting children from gunfire

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ZppoR TIL New Zealand had MTV 5 years before it launched, called Radio With Pictures. From 1976, The show had VJs, quality music videos, and band features. It gave valuable exposure to New Zealand artists and was the inspiration for MTV when Mike Nesmith of the Monkees saw the show and told MTV's creator
P0ve TIL in ‘79 a 14 year old created a “Kingdom” in his Milwaukee bedroom when his mother died. Today the nation Talossa claims national sovereignty, various lands, has a constitutional monarchy, its own language, and citizens on 6 continents.
VM5GQ TIL Frogs are becoming extinct.
l69V TIL, during a 1998 renovation of Benjamin Franklin’s house, the bones of 10 people (6 of them children) were found in a windowless room in the basement.
VMB8k TIL the Wright brothers didn't like to fly together in fear of both of them dying in an accident. They wanted at least one of them to survive to carry on research.