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TIL John Gilpin, an amateur photographer, was testing his new camera lens at the airport and caught a 14 year old boy falling from the wheel well of Japan Air Lines DC-8

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R71n9 TIL Michel van Rijn, an art forger and dealer in stolen antiquities, went legit to help the Republic of Cyprus to recover priceless 7th-century mosaics looted during the Turkish occupation of the island.
1a4Q7 TIL of the dwarf lantern shark, which reaches a maximum known length of less than 8 inches and is capable of producing light through photophores
9wK4r TIL that the largest trial in world history was the Maxi Trial against the Sicilian Mafia, that lasted 6 years. Of the 475 mobsters indicted, 338 were convicted and sentenced to a total of 2,665 years, not including life sentences handed to 19 bosses
R5Ze9 TIL: Award wining American actor Glen Close voiced grandma (Mona) Simpson in episode 136. She reprised the roll for a total of 10 episodes.
8aoKa TIL Microsoft's iconic Solitaire game for Windows was developed in 1988 by then intern Wes Cherry out of boredom. He received no royalties.