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TIL brown spots on teeth can be caused by too much brushing.

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MeynW TIL about Air Canada Flight 759, which erroneously almost landed on a packed taxiway at San Francisco International Airport. It missed one of the planes by 14 feet (4.3m). If it had crashed, it would have been the worst air disaster ever.
wLGB6 TIL that Lemmings do not commit mass suicide, it is a myth started by a 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" that includes footage of producers throwing Lemmings off a cliff
VPZQ TIL in 1986 a Russian Aeroflot pilot made a bet with the copilot that he could land successfully with the windows covered up. The plane crashed, killing 70 of the 94 on board.
47bX TIL that the US hasn’t used up the Purple Hearts minted in anticipation of a bloody landing of Japan in WWII
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