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TIL that there’s a documentary debunking affirmations from Ancient Aliens TV Series

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9Y4NB TIL that Air Transat Flight 236 lost both engines over the Atlantic, and set a glide record for a commercial airliner of 120km as the pilot successfully made an emergency landing at Lajes Air Base in the Azores.
PYvkG TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore.
NXLjb TIL: The Holy Prepuce or Foreskin was an ancient relic dating back to the 800s when Charlemagne claimed to receive it from an angel. It was looted in the Sack of Rome. In 2013, documentary, "The Quest for the Holy Foreskin" was broadcasted by National Geographic.
KOkPa TIL collecting recycling is more than twice as dangerous as being a cop in the US
v4d7 TIL When Japanese WWII soldier Hiroo Onoda heard of Japan’s surrender, he thought it was Allied propaganda. He and his unit stayed in the mountains, killing 30 Filipinos and engaging the police in several shootouts. He finally surrendered in 1974, 29 years after the war ended.