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TIL about a 747 hijacking where the jet had to land in Algeria to refuel. The lead flight attendant actually had to buy 6,000 gallons of jet fuel on her personal credit card because the Algerians insisted on payment first

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RkQ1 TIL that there is a belief that a person only needs water, air, and light to live. It is called a breatharian.
a86Y9 TIL planets are round because of gravity. A planet's gravity pulls equally from all sides. Gravity pulls from the center to the edges like the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
M7eQV TIL about king Wuyi of Shang dynasty of China. He humiliated an idol called the god of heaven after playing a game with it when it lost the game. He also shot a leather bag filled with blood in the sky and said he was shooting the heavens.He was killed by lightening while on a hunting trip.
4kROa TIL about the 18th century sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt and his Character Heads. He sought to capture the 64 grimaces of human expression in the sculptures and believed the work angered “the Spirit of Proportion”.
nWLe7 TIL Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is credited as the first modern detective story, inspiring characters like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot