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TIL: In the 2020's there have been 4 incidents where a commercial airliner was shot down with munitions. Between 2000 and 2020 there were a total of 5 incidents.

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MeByK TIL about Lizzie Velásquez, a woman unable to gain weight. The 31yo is a motivational speaker and YouTuber, and she’s never weighed more than 64 lbs due to an extremely rare genetic disorder.
rl14 TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus’s first name is Aloysius. Aloysius Snuffleupagus.
d8aKE TIL that there are thousand year old bacteria and viruses hiding in the ice caps that if melted and released could cause a new wave of deadly diseases that we haven't experienced before.
PYXnV TIL It was common in American churches to auction pews to families as a means of raising income, as churches lacked government funding through mandatory tithing. Those lacking money for these pews were demeaned by their relegation to “free seats.”
OKG4 TIL after winning the 1962 European Cup, Benfica coach Béla Guttmann asked for a pay rise. When denied, he allegedly cursed the club and said: “Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup”. They have since reached 8 European Cup finals and lost all of them.