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TIL In 1965 an engine exploded on a 707 taking 1/3rd of the wing with it but was able to land safely. When another 707 was sent to pick up all the passengers its nose gear collapsed on landing. A 3rd 707 was then sent to pick up any remaining passengers who still trusted planes at this point.

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Y7DbW TIL in 2008 Xbox worked with James Gunn to bring short comedic films created by influential horror directors to Xbox Live for free
4Xlww TIL, the city of Auburn Hills, Michigan which is famous for their now-demolished Palace sports arena started off as Pontiac Township which was near the city of Pontiac, and it was originally intended to be renamed Pontiac Heights before the city of Pontiac disapproved that decision.
RxZw TIL Alexandra David-Neel disguised herself as a beggar and crossed a frozen, 19,000ft mtn pass in winter to get into Lhasa, witnessed murders and battles, had to barter for passage with warlords, crossed Mongolia and the Gobi desert, became incredibly ill, and boiled her boots to avoid starvation
geRA TIL that certain Popeye’s locations in the South serve fried chicken livers. They aren’t the healthiest option - one serving of Popeye’s chicken livers contains a whopping 765mg of cholesterol. (For reference, eating a stick of butter would be 243mg of cholesterol.)
6nXY TIL that in some remote parts of the Balkans there is a practice where a woman could choose to live as a man and take on the role of patriarch if her family had no male heirs, as long as she makes a vow of chastity