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TIL in 1985 a drunk student hijacked a Boeing in Trondheim, Norway demanding to talk to the prime minister. He later surrendered in exchange of more beer.

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78rp TIL: Streetlight Manifesto dislikes Victory Records so much, that they will not release an album that is finished under said label. And if they have to, they will put it up for torrenting themselves.
v1GlR TIL Japan does not accept signatures on official documents (banks, real estate and business) but require a ‘hanko’ which is an official carved wooden or stone seal pressed in ink
v8PB TIL that the word “avocado” comes from the Aztec “ahuacacuahatl,” which translates to “testicle tree.”
p8Wkb TIL that Joanne Barnaby was being stalked by a wolf in the forest when she came across a bear that was separated from her cub. Exhausted, she decided to stand between the bear and her cub in the hopes that the bear would find the wolf threatening. It did, attacking the wolf while she escaped.
yWne TIL that Elmo, Santa Claus, and Saddam Hussein all have keys to the city of Detroit