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TIL in 1949 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec, crashed killing all 23 aboard following the explosion of a time bomb. Albert Guay wanted to kill his wife and get her life insurance policy ($10,000), and marry another woman.

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rRWme TIL about Roselle, a seeing-eye dog that led her blind owner, Michael Hingson, down 1,463 steps from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Dog and owner exited just before the South Tower collapsed, and both survived.
VBGRB TIL the soft drink 7 Up initially contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug. It was a key selling point until 1948 when the FDA banned lithium from beer and drinks. 7 Up was originally called 7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda.
Me77W TIL in 2013 NATO helped to rescue 13 of Kosovo's 'restaurant bears', which now live in a specially made sanctuary
x6Bx0 TIL that pool balls' colors always correspond to their numbers, with the colors of the solids (1-7) matching the corresponding colors of the stripes (8-14)!
rJBo TIL the 1913 Tour de France rules forbade outside assistance when riders’ bicycles broke.At one point,the race leader’s front fork broke and he trekked 10km to a forge where he repaired it himself,as he happened to also be a skilled mechanic.He was penalized 10 min because a child worked the bellows