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TIL that when the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.

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kJOGd TIL that all 9 dogs who played the role of Lassie, a female dog, were male dogs due to the fact that female collies loses a lot of hair when they're in heat 3 times a year.
4X7X6 TIL For centuries, Kurdish villagers knew an ancient rock relief simply as "Naram-Sin", but didn't know who or what it represented. Later, archaeologists discovered it to be a depiction of Naram-Sin of Akkad, King of the Akkadian Empire (the world's first empire) who ruled over 4200 years ago!
6loW TIL when Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland, a flight attended survived falling to the ground and was found by a farmers wife; however she died before help could be summoned.
dD4G8 TIL for the ancient Maya, turkeys were considered gifted with exceptional powers and harmful to humans from the nocturnal and dream space. They are portrayed as godlike figures in Maya religious imagery, and at least one Maya ruler included the word for turkey in his royal nickname.
0dNVL TIL of the Raindrop cake, a trendy Japanese dessert made of mineral water and agar, and therefore has no calories. The largely tasteless dessert melts when it enters the mouth and must be eaten immediately, or it will melt and begin to evaporate after twenty minutes.