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TIL that the first airliner collision took place on the 7th of April 1992, when a Grands Express Farman Goliath flies into the path of a Daimler Airways de Havilland DH18A over Poix in northern France. The 2 crew and 3 passengers of the Goliath are killed, as well as the 2 crew of the DH18A.

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VMjJ0 TIL that the lion population in India, the only one outside of the Sahara, has increased 30% since 2015.
4XA5a TIL that in 1950, to test the potential impact of a biological attack, the US Navy released a supposedly harmless bacteria over San Francisco, hospitalizing several people and killing one.
GmdG TIL the reason that the U.S. Naval Academy has a goat for a mascot is because goats used to be common on ships as a source of dairy products. Goats were smaller and safer than cows at sea - plus they can swim.
OGkYL TIL about Nzou, an elephant that's been the matriarch of a buffalo herd for over 40 years. She has been challenged at least 14 times for the leadership of the herd.
J1W0B TIL Edward Craven Walker; the inventor of the lava lamp, was a pioneer in naturism in film. He got around censors by not showing pubic hair, and directed the first naturist film to receive public release in the UK.