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TIL Airline pilots deliberately touch down hard on the runway when it’s raining, to minimize aquaplaning.

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BgEy TIL: In a 1956 football (soccer) final, Keeper Bert Trautmann broke his neck on the pitch but continued to play for the remaining 15 minutes to see out his team’s victory. Prince Philip commented on the crooked state of Trautmann’s neck as he gave him his winner’s medal
5YvYD TIL Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who was the first person to commit suicide live on television. Her death inspired the 1976 film Network.
5Y4kr TIL Killer bees or Africanized bees were created by humans cross breeding bees in the search for more efficient honey production
R08Q TIL in 1998, during a soccer match in the Congo a lightning bolt struck the pitch and killed all 11 members of one team. The other team was left unscathed.
e5R6 TIL That pistachios can spontaneously combust.