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TIL Many people killed in crowd disasters die standing up

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8laL TIL 69 people bought a Pontiac Aztec in 2007
kJLAB TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.
j5Np TIL a Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh air, but the product became lucrative when marketed in China. They package compressed air from the Rocky Mountains into aluminum cans that sell for $10-$20 each.
wLvp6 TIL The design of carburetors in British WWII fighter aircraft had a fault that would shut down the aircraft's engine during a negative-G force maneuver. In 1941 a female engineer solved the problem with a simple device, which British pilots then named after her. It was named Miss Shilling's orifice
nekQ9 TIL of Anastenaria,a traditional ritual in Bulgaria and Greece in which participants dance for hours while carrying the icons of the patron saints until entering a state of trance,after which they walk barefoot on burning charcoals without getting burned.