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TIL that in 1985 JAL flight 123, a Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka, lost its tail mid-flight. During the 32 minute descent and then crash into the mountains, many passengers wrote goodbye notes to their loved ones on airplane drink napkins. Of the 520 passengers on board, 4 survived.

0d17y TIL that on April 28, 1988, the Boeing 737-297 serving the flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii suffered explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking, but managed to land at Kahului airport on Maui. A stewardess was swept away by the decompression, presumed dead.
xVYZb TIL Both Mozart and Michael Jackson were born the seventh child in a very musical family. Both missed out on a normal childhood, spending the entire time immersed in a punishing regime of practicing, touring and performing, all imposed by a strict father
YpyVZ TIL About the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi , planted in 288 BCE, is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. It has been protected since its planting mainly due to its religious significance in Buddhism.
9wJBQ TIL: Nazi Germany Carpet Bombed the UK With Flawless Counterfeit Bills In An Attempt to Cause Hyper-Inflation. The French Did The Same Thing In Africa To Prevent Former Colonies From Abandoning the Franc
OG5M6 TIL: The Book of Swindles was released in the 16th century and it can be used as a way to avoid scams or as a guidebook to commit them. It categorizes scams into 24 groups, such as Marriage, kidnapping, Women, government corruption, gambling, poetry scams, alchemy, sorcery, and illicit passion.