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TIL that both Seth Macfarlane and Mark Wahlberg were due to be on flights involved in the 9/11 attacks but due to errors and last-minute changes they ended up not being on board.

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pY6dO TIL that contrary to popular belief, it's virtually impossible to overdose on fentanyl from accidental exposure. It can't be absorbed through the skin, and at the highest airborne concentration, an unprotected person with 200 min of exposure would only absorb 100 mcg (5% of a lethal dose)
NoZ8 TIL that there are no professional female sumo wrestlers because professional sumo wrestling bans women from competitions and ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (dohyō), as this is traditionally seen to be a violation of the purity of the dohyō.
wLGPY TIL due to a folk belief that people born in certain years have bad personalities, the birth rate in Japan dropped by 30% from 1965 to 1966, and recovered completely in 1967.
Jyov TIL The French government blew up the flagship of the environmental activist group Greenpeace, killing a photographer in the process.
R7oO7 TIL Saudi Arabia’s royal family’s net worth of $1.4 trillion, makes the family roughly 16 times as wealthy the British royal family, which has a net worth of $88 billion.