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TIL, there was a suggestion to resettle displaced Palestinians in Chile and Argentina.

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NXdKQ TIL that in 2009, a 52 year old man used forged papers to enroll as a high school student at Waterford High School.
Y9ad TIL Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica contained a simple calculation error that went unnoticed for 300 years.
OGyBR TIL that in 1996, it’s believed that a wasp built a nest in a Boeing 757’s airspeed sensor. Due to faulty readings, the plane crashed and killed all 189 people on board.
mxdGR TIL The Hagia Sophia has some odd scratches inside. For hundreds of years, their origin and purpose was unknown. It was later discovered that they are Futhark runes made by a Norseman far from home. A message, carved into the building he knew would never be destroyed. The message? “Hafdan was here.”
OoG0e TIL of the Conet Project, a compilation of records from shortwave stations believed to encoded spy communications, which some have lead to the arrest of spies (audio link in comments)