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TIL When a terminally ill young boy in Germany expressed his dying wish to see as many motorcycles as possible, 20,000 bikers from Germany and neighboring countries came together to fulfill his dream, creating an unforgettable convoy.

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Rm68 TIL After Fighter pilot Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr. flew the longest interception mission of WWII to shoot down and kill the Admiral responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, he broke radio silence to tell everybody “That son of a bitch will not be dictating any peace terms in the White House”.
gMbgD TIL Jim Jones was an American psychopathic cult leader so charismatic and persuasive that he was able to convince people to assassinate a congressman, an NBC TV crew, and his own 1,222 followers to commit suicide
MeBP8 TIL that long-haul flight crews have their own little area for sleeping when they're on rest time
oReAW TIL Pablo Picasso full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
NMGP TIL while rock star Bono was busy campaigning to have first-world taxpayers forgive all third world debt, U2 was simultaneously hiding its earnings from Irish tax collectors in the Netherlands.