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5yer TIL in 1973, a Libyan passenger jet having navigational problems wandered into Israeli airspace. When 2 Israeli F-4s intercepted the jet and instructed the crew to land, they refused because of bad Libyan-Israeli relations at the time. The jet was then shot down, killing 108 people.
M7yoB TIL that Lebron James has a considerable effect on the economy of whatever city he is playing for.
x6or5 TIL Guy Fawkes wasn't hanged but jumped to his death to avoid the agony of hanging. He broke his neck on the fall.
R55Z8 TIL: In the word Graphene, 'ene' refers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which the carbon atoms form hexagonal, or six-sided, ring structures.
JYJwB TIL in 1946, one year after the end of the WW2, there was a pogrom in Poland. It was perpetrated by soldiers, police officers and civilians.