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TIL Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered one of the greatest women in Islam, and is mentioned more in the Quran than in the New testament.

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0w7vN TIL a 16 year old survived a five hour flight inside the landing gear of a jumbo jet from San Jose, California to Maui, Hawaii. He blacked out on takeoff and the plane went to 38,000ft meaning temperatures of 75-80 below zero and a lack of oxygen probably leading to "a state of suspended animation."
R5Zj9 TIL that in 2008, the British band McFly were the first chart act to give away copies of their album for free with a national newspaper
JY068 TIL Alex McLeish, Ex-Rangers Football Club Manager, was told by his son whom was an ardent player of the football managing simulator ‘Football manager’ to sign a player from Barcelona B. Alex McLeish ignored the advice and claimed, ‘We’ll never hear about him again’. The player was Lionel Messi.
NXblP TIL before 1804, the office of the US vice-president was awarded to runner up to the presidential race
7rM7M til of Francis Noel Baker. the only man to win both an Olympic medal and a Nobel prize. he won a silver in the 1500m in the 1920 Olympics and the Nobel peace prize in 1959.