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TIL Teenager protested CIA drone strikes, killed by a drone four days later

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PDO TIL that a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people, because everyone onboard ran to one end of the plane and it became severely imbalanced. Why did they do this?-They were fleeing a crocodile! Also the croc survived the crash
MeoJK TIL that the Germans saw the signing of the treaty of Versailles as humiliating defeat. The treaty was signed in the Compiègne Wagon. When the French surrendered to the Germans in 1940, Hitler had the wagon taken out of a museum and placed in the same spot for signing the new armistice.
QN7yE TIL the Geographic Center of the contiguous states of the U.S is about 2 miles northwest of Lebanon, Kansas. It was officially established by the U.S Geological Survey and is a point where a plane map of the 48 states would balance if it were of uniform thickness.
voP4 TIL that in September 1939 the last thing BBC television aired before going off the air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. When broadcasts resumed in 1946, the same cartoon was replayed.
69WWX TIL about the AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning circulation). A current of warm water that flows from the south to the north of the Atlantic. If it gets warmer, it could have catastrophic effects on the Arctic. This week the UK recorded its highest ever temperatures in their part of the sea.