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TIL A Qantas Boeing 747 once carried an extra engine on its wing between Sydney and Johannesburg

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W7Za9 TIL that about 25% of the decline of casual sex among young men since 2007 can be explained by video games.
awWxN TIL that FIFA 2001 and Gran Turismo 2 for the Playstation included "Scratch and Sniff" discs. When rubbed, the Gran Turismo disc would smell like rubber in a pit lane, and the FIFA 2001 disc would smell like a soccer field.
7rMnx TIL that Commodus, a Roman emperor often portrayed in media as vile and cruel, would shoot hundreds of animals with arrows and javelins every morning, and fought as a gladiator every afternoon, winning all the fights. He was strangled by his wrestler partner and declared a public enemy post death.
KYy4B TIL Ken Smith lived as a hermit in the Scottish Highlands. After 40 years of isolation he travelled to Glasgow to attend the premier of a film made about his life as a hermit.
Lk0YV TIL that the Silkie Chicken is a breed named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.