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TIL that a Russian pilot went against regulations and let his 16 year old son sit at the controls of the plane. His son accidentally disabled the autopilot, the plane then crashed and killed all on board.

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gr5jA TIL there was a famous Japanese game show in which diehard baseball fan contestants were locked individually in small rooms for an entire baseball season: if their favorite team won each night they got dinner for the evening, if their team lost the lights would be turned out until the next win.
l7MgB TIL that the Roman emperor Claudius wrote a now lost book on the art of playing dice.
o5bY TIL Vikings didn’t actually wear horned or winged helmets, it is a misconception stemming mostly from 19th century Romantic artists
VB4Z0 TIL that there is a basketball court above the U.S. Supreme Court, aptly nicknamed 'The Highest Court in the Land.'
QJNJp TIL John Gotti had his neighbors body dissolved in a 55 gallon drum of acid for accidentally running over and killing Gottis 12 year old son.