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TIL that three people in a flight simulator died after a real plane crashed into the building

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jN88v TIL a young cadet grabbed the Mexican flag, wrapped it around himself and jumped off the castle point to prevent the flag from falling into enemy hands
DQXEp TIL about Ngerulmud, the capital of Palau and the least populous capital city in the world. It has an official population of 0.
0wrgR TIL of a man named Garry Hoy who died trying to prove to a bunch of students that the glass wall on the 24tn storey of the building he worked in was unbreakable. He threw himself at the glass wall which didn't break but the window frame gave way and he fell to his death.
lo15N TIL scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.
kJnKm TIL of Omar Ibn Said, an enslaved black Muslim scholar from the 18th century. Although his slave owners believed he had converted to Christianity, his autobiography revealed that he was still Muslim. His love for Jesus was interpreted as Christian, when Jesus is also a Muslim Prophet.