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TIL of a US Navy pilot in 1998 who flew too low against regulations, cutting a gondola's cable and killing 20 people. He and his crew were put on trial and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide

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e8J6 TIL Adolf Hitler had a Nephew who moved to Germany during Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, then fearing ulterior motives he later moved back to the United States and fought on the US side in WWII. He also wrote an article title “Why I hate my uncle” about his relationship with Adolf Hitler.
jw5a TIL: 8 million years ago, Venezuela was inhabited by guinea pigs the size of tables.
jNbMX TIL in 1896, Bill Crush orchestrated the spectacle of smashing two trains into each other completely on purpose. Although no one was within 200 yards of the impact, the explosion from the steam engines killed two spectators and injured more. The event was considered a big PR and financial success.
eQME TIL that in 1859, an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. In the ensuing confrontation, 461 Americans and 14 artillery faced 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
5YYrQ TIL a 2004 study estimated the sustainable limit to the world population to be 7.7 billion people. As of October 2017, the estimated global population is 7.6 billion people.