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TIL that in 2009, two pilots overshot their flight from San Diego to Minneapolis by 500 miles because they had “engaged in deep conversation”

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GYavN TIL in 1946, the United States tried to buy Greenland for $100,000,000
4Xd7R TIL about the "Grievance Studies affair" where three academics produced bogus papers to expose how lax academic journals had become. One paper that was accepted and published by the Journal Affilia included long excerpts from Hitlers Mein Kampf where the word "Jew" was replaced with "White Man".
En4o TIL A south pacific island created a religion worshiping American soldiers who gave gifts of technology during WWII. They still pray for their return today.
loZdr TIL that British comedian Spike Milligan wrote his own obituary, which was published soon after his death. He listed his hobbies as "Writing Goon Shows and dying".
k0d4 TIL that “In 2013, India officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons”