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TIL Weaponizing weather is against the Geneva Convention.

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w6W8 TIL that in 1978 a lone pilot flying in Australia reported to air traffic control that he was being accompanied by an aircraft above him. Asked to identify the aircraft, he radioed “It isn’t an aircraft”. His plane disappeared and has never been found.
059M TIL that flight attendants are trained to look for signs of human trafficking and even volunteer to help law enforcement every year at one of the biggest events of human trafficking, the Superbowl.
kpj1 TIL Amazon owns IMDb
4a9J TIL A shibboleth is a word that can only be said correctly by native speakers. During WW2, American troops used the word “lollapalooza” to check unidentified people. Japanese spies would often go to areas posing as allied men, if the first two syllables come back as rorra, they would kill them.
6PNQ TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart works with organizations that help women & children escape from abusive homes–along with PTSD victims–after growing up in such a home.