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TIL Queens,NY has more languages spoken than anywhere else in the world

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PY58w TIL that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, used to be one of the briefcase holders on Deal or No Deal.
R7Rk9 TIL Israel merged the front half of a damaged rare 2 seat F-15 with the back half of an obsolete retired single seat F15. When they asked Boeing for advice Boeing never responded thinking the Israeli air force was joking.
b958N TIL the Nazis were very close to developing plutonium, a material used to make atomic bombs. However, the factory producing it was bombed by a team of 11 Norwegian saboteurs, one of them stopping the operation to find his glasses at one point, completely destroying the equipment related.
M7eW8 TIL in 2005, a Welsh rugby fan cut off his own testicles to celebrate Wales beating England in a rugby match.
JGkl TIL in 2014 Italian and French jets escorted a hijacked plane because the Swiss Air Force only works during office hours.