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TIL that most airlines have a rule stating that pilots and copilots cannot eat the same meal to avoid food poisoning.

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R5gg9 TIL about the highest confirmed death toll from a lighting strike happened in Durunka, Egypt, 1994. When, during a thunderstorm, a lightning strike ignited three oil storage tanks and the floodwaters swept the blazing fuel into the village, killing approximately 469 people.
Ypgyd TIL there's a festival in India and Nepal solely to thanking dogs for their loyalty and friendship.
5Y6gP TIL Napoleon's presence on a battlefield was considered equivalent to 40,000 men by the Duke of Wellington
Oo4V7 TIL the pages of Finland's passport make a flipbook of a moose walking
P6EE TIL over 1700 private jets arrived in Davos for the 2017 World Economic and Climate Forum.