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TIL that in 1999 a Qantas 747 "crashed" on landing and then Qantas paid a huge amount of money to repair the plane so it wouldn't be reported as a hull loss accident.

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d8odd TIL a study conducted between 2007 & 2017 found that young adults are having less casual sex, mainly because they're drinking less, but also because of an increase in gaming, & more of them having to live with their parents.
mxJ5O TIL; there have been no recorded deaths from spider bites in Australia since 1979
VMNkZ TIL Ennio Morricone refused to move to US even offered mansion for free and never learned English.
OGaXX TIL that when the UK stopped airing TV due to WWII, the last thing to air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
lo0VK TIL the song in the credits of Parasite was originally titled "564" years, because that's how long it would take for Ki-Woo to save enough money to buy the house. So when he tells his dad all he has to do is come up the stairs, we all know that's impossible.