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TIL that vending machines are more likely to kill you than a shark attack

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YpKA TIL that in the 90s, Corn Nuts used the slogan “Bust a Nut” in a radio campaign. It was pulled after complaints.
dDnpr TIL that Kylie Minogue's single "I Should Be So Lucky" was written in 40 minutes by Stock Aitken Waterman while she waited outside the studio because they forgot about her for a week. She recorded the song in 1hour, but never heard the whole song until its release.
NXZbN TIL of Reeve Aleutian Flight 8 from 1983, where the crew successfully landed the plane despite physically losing a propeller, having the controls effectively jammed, and with the other 3 engines stuck at full power. The plane, a 1959 Lockheed Electra, still flies today with a firefighting service.
DQNYY TIL that at the 1992 Winter Olympics Tonya Harding figure skated to a song called "People Are Still Having Sex." The non-instrumental was a Billboard US dance chart #1 hit, featuring a narrator talking about the fact that people are still having sex.
DmGJ TIL As a young boy Peter Capaldi was such a fan of Doctor Who that he decided he should be president of the Doctor Who fan club and wrote to the BBC telling them so. He wrote so many letters that a member of staff wrote, ‘I think he’s the end and I wish the Daleks or someone would exterminate him’