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TIL one of the shortest scheduled passenger flights in the world is from Westray to Papa Westray in the Scotland. Flights are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute.

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k7wm TIL that scientists at Chernobyl shot at radioactive material with an AK-47 in order to break off chunks for analysis
lood1 The boomerang seems as Australian as ''Waltzing Matilda,'' but the oldest specimen may have come from a far distant part of the world -Poland. Scientists, there have found a 23,000-year-old piece of the curved mammoth tusk that some ancient artisan carved and polished into the aerodynamic shape of a boomerang.
M7NKa TIL of the April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and the "Bulgarian Horrors" it resulted in. It was brutally suppressed by the Ottomans by massacring some 15,000 Bulgarians, resulting in a public outcry in across Europe and eventually to Bulgaria's freedom.
MejKb TIL that there was an direct to VHS special of Disney Channel's "Welcome To Pooh Corner" (1983) that dealt with stranger danger, and what to do if a stranger wants to touch you inappropriately.
wLDY TIL the words lieu (in place of) and tenant (holding a position) are combined to mean “holding in place [of a higher ranking officer]”. Hence, Lieutenant.