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TIL in 2012 a 80 yo lady safely landed a plane after her husband, the pilot, had an heart attack and died while flying. She had never flown before.

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X8Wj TIL of Gemina the giraffe with a crooked neck. She was an inspiration to disabled children and was featured in an episode of a reality show about a girl with scoliosis. Despite her mysterious deformity she lived longer than the average giraffe by about six years.
9P9m TIL Captain planet had a pretty sick cast; Whoopi Golberg, Levar Burton, Tim Curry, even Jeff Goldblum to name a few
Rbl9 TIL that wearing sunglasses increases your chances of getting a sunburn, due to lower levels of sunlight stimulating the optic nerve and causing lower production levels of melanin.
BrKyb TIL of Joy Milne who claimed that she smelled a distinct odor in patients with Parkinson's disease like her husband. She sniffed 6 shirts from people with Parkinson’s and 6 from healthy controls and identified 7 had it. 8 months later the "healthy" patient she "misidentified" was diagnosed as well.
p8dXN TIL that the Bramley apple, a widespread cooking apple, and all of its trees originated from a single tree that was planted by accident 200 years ago. That tree is still alive today