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TIL at the US Open in 1983, tennis legend Stefan Edberg accidentally hit a linesman in the groin with a serve, causing him to to fall over, hit his head, and die five days later

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oBjYo TIL Canadian singer Shania Twain met her current husband due to each of their ex-spouses having an affair with one another.
R5dl7 TIL in Taiwan, recipes are also free tickets for a lottery drawing held by the government every 2 months. The grand prize is NT$10 million (over 300,000 USD).
D1Qvj TIL that a Russian Pilot bet his Co-pilot that he could land his plane with his eyes closed. He proceeded to lose said bet
D1Zyp TIL In 1986, two Russian airline pilots got into an argument over wether one could land the plane without vision. The main pilot pulled the curtains over the windows, insisting he could. Then, the plane missed the runway, flipped and killed 70 of the passengers
NXnnP TIL Jimmy Carter has to go past a giant grinning peanut statue every week to get to church. He reportedly hates the thing.