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TIL that Kansas is demonstrably flatter than a pancake

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QNMvE TIL the defect that caused an Air France A330 to crash in 2009 was well-known by Airbus (as it had happened more than a dozen times on A330s with various airlines), however Airbus did not make any changes to their autopilot system until after there was a fatal crash.
kJQwE TIL that Margery Kempe (c. 1373–after 1438) was an English mystic and author of the first English autobiography. Known for intense visions, extreme devotion, loud public sobbing, preaching without approval, accusations of heresy, and extensive pilgrimages across Europe and the Holy Land.
BgVJy TIL that in China, thousands of teenagers have been labeled as "internet addicts" and sent to internet addiction clinics which are just psychiatric facilities that abuse them since 2002
gMemL TIL that houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs to harvest rain water and store it, as the island has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes.
M7gGB TIL Bonn was chosen as the West German capital as they felt that locating the capital in a major city like Frankfurt or Hamburg would imply a permanent capital and even weaken support for reunification.