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TIL about Time Balls

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QNJQX TIL Emirates and Qatar Airways fly nonstop from Dubai and Doha to the US West Coast (San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles), coming within a few degrees of latitude of the North Pole
D1olr TIL that the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, "Chernobyl's twin sister", was switched off in 2009 as part as an agreement with the EU towards Lithuania's admission into the union. As a result, Lithuania lost 70% of their energy supply.
BgNwD TIL that garlic stored in oil has a high risk of causing botulism; food poisoning that can result in blurred vision, difficulty breathing, progressive paralysis, and even death
dJV9 TIL Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was recorded just two days before Redding died in a plane crash. The iconic whistling at the end of the track was the result of Redding forgetting the lyrics he had written for that part.
j5Yv TIL that Coco-Cola was originally developed as an opiate-free painkiller by a war veteran who was addicted to morphine.