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TIL the 13th century ‘Latin Book of the Civilized Man’ included such advice as 'If there is something you do not want people to know, do not tell it to your wife.’

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VMKkm TIL on March 27, 1977, Robina van Lanschot decided to not reboard her flight, staying at her layover destination, despite this being against the rules. She was the sole surviving passenger of KLM Flight 4805, which crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 on takeoff, killing 583.
o6DK TIL a canadian 15-year-old boy discovered a Mayan city correlating constellations and the location of Mayan cities.
R7XXa TIL that, despite Christians being ~1% of Japan‘s population, 60-70% of Japanese couples are married in Christian ceremonies
1aEB7 TIL that Jon Lovitz slam-dunked Andy Dick’s face into a bar because of their feud regarding Phil Hartman’s death.
v9w4 TIL that strawberries and cream oatmeal doesn’t have real dried strawberries…they are apple pieces dyed and flavored to taste like strawberries. The blueberries and cream are dyed and flavored figs.