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TIL 37 yrs ago, the US shot down an Iranian passenger plane killing all 290 people on the plane.

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kOr41 TIL the reason cows are considered too sacred to eat in India is because historically a cow was more valuable there as a source of milk, labor, and dung than it could ever be as meat, so it'd be dumb to eat them. Over time this turned into a cultural taboo.
v1ZXx TIL about "refeeding syndrome". Where many WW2 prisoners suffering from starvation died after over eating after release at the end of the war.
oB49A TIL MIT students can earn a pirate certificate by taking the Archery, Fencing, Pistol (or Rifle) and Sailing physical education courses as part of their physical education requirement.
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