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TIL TWA flight 800, a Boeing 707, crashed during takeoff in Rome in 1964 after a thrust reverser deployed during it's takeoff roll, causing it to ovverun and hit construction equipment at the end of the runway, killing 49. this is not to be confused with the 1996 crash of TWA 800.

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QNW9k TIL that Italian Enrico Fermi was on the verge of developing bombs for Benito Mussolini, when he found out that Italy's anti-Jewish laws affected his wife, and sailed for the US using prize money from his 1938 Nobel Prize award. He later helped develop the nuclear bombs the US later used on Japan.
J18yj TIL that a young Joe Pesci introduced to one another the musicians that would later make the band "The Four Seasons". Joe was also a musician, and even released a 1968 album "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!"
Mewp7 TIL there was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle rock band that toured as a stage show with an album of original songs and performers in animatronic heads, brought to you by Pizza Hut. The "band" appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show along with April O'neill to promote the 'Coming Out of Their Shells' tour
grPey TIL there was a plan to dam the Yukon river and create a reservoir the size of Lake Erie
VMlmG TIL Greenland is unable to join FIFA because the harsh weather conditions there make is impossible to grow a grass field. Extreme conditions on the world’s largest island mean football can only be played there for four months of the year.