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TIL that the Norway’s first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer.

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NX7KN TIL Shen Fu Tsong was the first recorded Chinese person to step foot in Britain. Tsong cataloged the Chinese collection in the Bodleian Library, showed the librarian how to hold Chinese books, and explained their contents. King James II had Tsong's portrait painted and hung in his bed chamber.
JMeB TIL that a nomadic man travels the Pacific Northwest in a short bus offering free tea and friendship to anyone who will sit and converse with him in or around his bus.
E1vL7 TIL that "Thrilla in Manila" was not fought in Manila, it was fought in Quezon City. The phrase was coined from a rhyme that Ali made; "It will be a killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get the gorilla in Manila".
xVe05 TIL a woman scratched an itch, all the way through her skull and into her brain.
OodKY TIL Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane once planned to dose Richard Nixon with 600mg of LSD while visiting the White House.