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TIL It Used To Be Illegal In Japan To Eat Meat

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WkD69 TIL that in 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 stayed aloft for 32 minutes after the 747SR's tail ripped off. During the time before the plane crashed into Mount Takamagahara several of the 509 passengers aboard jotted down "last minute" notes to their loved ones on cocktail napkins.
MeVvA TIL of Joy Milne, the woman who can smell Parkinson's. In one test, she was given 12 t-shirts, 6 from those who have Parkinson's and 6 from those without. She identified 11 of them but was adamant that one control subject had Parkinson's. 8 months later that subject was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
mx8Eo TIL that many of the hangings during the Nuremberg trials were carried out with short rope that caused prisoners to die a long, lingering death from suffocation, rather than an instantaneous death from a broken neck.
XEMAj TIL of a major league pitcher that was struck by lightning, knocked unconscious but then got up and finished the game
QNR5X TIL that there are many hybrid eating utensils. In addition to the spork, which combines a spoon with a fork, there are the chork (chopsticks + fork), the spife (spoon + knife), and the knork (knife + fork).