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TIL that the aviation distress call "Mayday" was created in 1923 and derives from the French "m'aidez" or "help me"

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j6g0n TIL in 1964 whilst a student, future astronaut Reinhard Furrer assisted in the escape of 57 East Berlin citizens via a tunnel under the Berlin Wall
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byQZ TIL Hans Zimmer composed the music for the Spider Pig song in The Simpsons Movie.
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