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TIL that American Freestyle Canoeing is actually a thing.

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j40X 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.
Y7Pxr TIL that when Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1993 Indy 500 he chugged orange juice instead of the traditional milk, earning the enmity of the fans. Fittipaldi owned an orange grove in his native Brazil and wanted to promote the product.
NReb TIL That the “point-and-call” method used by Japanese train employees reduces worker error rates by up to 85%
wLXWP TIL there is an NGO in Bangladesh who sells 10,000 meals daily at only 1 Taka (0.012 USD) per meal instead of giving it for free, so people don't feel like they are begging
woYe1 TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 5,700 years old and was made from birch bark tar.